Polite dispatches from Vienna and Venice amid quarantines
Dresden letters report de Malespine's return from flight illness and Rome news of the Golden Rose sent to the Polish royal family for the Queen Mother. Venice bars quarantines while Great Duke and envoys seek forms of health governance and investitures. Reports of snow, floods, and supply lines accompany court appointments, trials, and theatre notices.
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Marquess de Malespine
de Lautenfack
Vienna
Leyden Gazette
London
Tiley
Copenhagen
Baron de Solenthall
Denmark
Madrid
Fan
Bari
Tuscany
Cologne
Rhine
Creinach
Port News Deal and Downs Arrival Updates
The Downs see several outward-bound ships lingering as of May 19 with the Marmaduke Bowman bound for Lisbon and the Young Nancy Puriers heading to Africa. Arrivals include the Neptune Ashton from Philadelphia and the Morrant Macky from Jamaica and the Nancy Alcock from Rotterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Downs
Marmaduke
Bowman
Lisbon
Arriv
Generosity
Pendell
Roan
Wind S. W. Dover
Neptune
Ashton
Philadelphia
Gravesend
Morrant
Macky
Jamaica
Nancy
Alcock
Rotterdam
Fan
Purier
Africa
Betty
Smith
Havre de Grace
Bishopsten
Sault
Bristol
Wied S. W
Verona Letter Reports Plague Precautions In Tuscany Court
London posts a Geneva mail with a Verona dated missive from a Lorraine gentleman in the Grand Duke of Tuscany's retinue. Since December 28 they shelter at the palace of Burli and fear plague, yet keep vigilant precautions as the Archduke and Archduchess lodge nearby.
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Lord Limpster
Earl of
France
Thomas Burrell
Lincoln
Philip Vanbrugh
Plymouth
Mathew. Norris
Deceas
Murray
Wilts
St. George’s Church
Bloomsbury
Wicks
Simon ‘Wicks
Charles Wood
Bary St. Edmund
Dover-Steet
Piccadilly
John Searle
Commons
St. Paul’s
Byng
Gurney
West Indies
Asia
South- Sea Company
Spanish West-Indies
England
William Fleming
Jonathan Fisher
Trongare
Queenborough
Monger
William Horton
Tumnham-Green
Thomas Davis
Samuel Piper
John Jerman
Dell
Angel-Court
Snow-Hill
Katharine Norton
John Hanna
Longden
High Court of Admiralty
Newgate
Geneva
Lorrain
Tuscany
Verona
Buri
Saturday South Sea Stock Opening Prices Report
The entry lists opening prices for various South Sea stocks and related securities. It covers South Sea Stock, South Sea Annuities, New South Sea Annuities, Bank and Bank Circulation, Premium India, Royal Exchange Assurance, African and English Copper, South Sea Bonds, and related loans and orders with fractional pricing notes. The fragment cites several specific figures such as 104 for Saturday opening, 112 5 8 for Annuities, 143 Bank, and 108 3 yrs for Emperor's Loan. Additional items include Premium India values and Exchequer Orders with per cent rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea
New South Sea
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Londout
South
Sale Valles E Butf
Ioan
Exchequer
Wardmore Inquest Dues Used for Charity in the Ward
The Inquest officers in the Ward spent their own funds to gather money for meals and to aid the needy. They report that their collections totaled 271 guineas and 10 pence, distributed to poor housekeepers and other charitable objects in the ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sc. Thomas's Day
Fair Ward
Robert Carr Moves Parrot to Queen's Head in Ludgate
The mercantile entry notes Robert Carr of Mercer removing from the Parrot in Ludgate Street to the Queen's Head on Ludgate Hill in partnership with Meff Isag Tsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert. Carr, Mercer
Ludgate-Street
Queen’s Head
Ludgate-Hill
Meff
Isag Tsons
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Lazarer
Republick
Baron de K
Charles
Senate
Pio
Venice
Sam
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Suirr
Covent Garden
Perseus
Andromeda
London Bridge
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