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Notices from Europe on Trade and War Fronts amid Mutual Voyages
From Petersbourg to London dispatches report the opening of the Ladoga Canal and a planned China trade caravan for Russian merchants. Letters note Turkish forces along the Caspian, with frontier diplomacy and ongoing council conferences in Brussels and Paris. Southern postings mention Ostend ship activity, royal pregnancy news, and local notices including a new Roman Catholic chapel setup and a public baptism of a daughter.
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Russia
Moscow
China
Derbent
Doborucki
Efreff
Caspian Sea
Georgia
Aga
Ispahan
Copenhagen
Soisfons
Soiffons
Fu'y
Count Zingendorf
Paris
Duke of Bournonville
Konigsfeld
Bavaria
Stanhope
Great Britain
Brussels
M. Proly
Oftend Company
Golofskin
Purvis
Madrid
Spain
Genoa
Cardinal Alberoni
Versailles
Semislaus
Count Dillon
Flanders
Charlotte
Somerset
Northumberland House
Strand
Raymond
King’s Bench Court
Westminder
Justice Page
Cautes
Signor Vigala
Venice
Sufolk-street
Charing Cross
Litchfield
India
Bengal
Anthony Cornity Esq
Duke of Beaufort
France
Badminton
Wiltshire
Chelsea
Andover
Duke Hamilton
Robert Fagg
Hungerford
Edinburgh
Rathven
Highlands
Charity School
Ono
Kier
Wade
South Sea
Bank
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Assurance
York Buildings
Welch
Tis