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Papal, Naples, and Empire affairs in late December notices
Vatican preparations for a pontifical journey at Lent. Count Harrach arrives with a retinue to Naples after private audiences. Cardinal Hanibal Albani seeks Urbino legate post but is refused. Diet of the Empire debates Arch-Treasurer title amid Bavarian-Palatine tensions. Brunswick opposition noted. Shipping movements from Falmouth to Plymouth and Deal, with robberies, prison escapes, and royal notices. Maryland and Virginia governance topics include Maryland governor Calvert’s October 1728 speech and Cape Henry lighthouse act.
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Signor
Negroni
Benevento
Vatican
Count Harrach
Naples
Marino
Serfcari’s
Portugal
Sacred College
Hanibal Albani
Urbino
Rome
Holy See
Corcis
House of Corcia
Ratisbon
Brunswick
Empire
College of Princes
Great Britain
Brunswick-Lunenbourg
Bavaria
Westphalia
Baden
Neveretheless
House of the
Elector Palatine
Falmouth
Anne and
Mary
Dublin
Dun
Catherine of
Maryland
Weymouth
Cadlin
Plymouth
London
Leghorn
Zurickzee
Rotterdam
Ireland
Havre de Grace
Benedict Leonard Calvert
Province of
Lord Proprietary
House of Burgesses
Crown of England
Virginia
Cape Henry