Mail from Holland reports European troop movements and raids
Yesterday's mail from Holland Petersbours May 20 describes actions across Europe. Key items include Persian ambassadors negotiating a treaty, Velde Marshal movements toward Asaph, and Tatars displaced after General Ombo's spring campaign. Fire at Rafna and ongoing dispatches from Vienna and Stockholm add to the volatile regional picture.
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Thomas Kouli Kan
Count Lacy
Crim
Asaph
Balavifa
Niester
Munich
Donduc Ombo
Trevuge
Changouze
Belgrade
Rafna
Vienna
Tuscany
Wallis
Constantinople
Stockholm
Finland
Abadakhaf
Carelf Croon
Schaffhausen
Romiébrigg
Chevalier de St. George
Ecclesiastick Strate
Reverend Symson Preacher Fills Lincoln Churches
The Rev. Dr. Symson, a respected prebendary of the cathedral, arrived Friday and preached at Lincoln Minster on Sunday morning and at the Checquer Church in the afternoon to the largest congregations seen in years.
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Country News
Lincoln
Symson
Minster
Arrival Updates From Bristol Port News
Port news notes ships arriving in Bristol with the Indian Queen from Jamaica and the Virginian Lewis from Virginia, plus the Hampshire Grant sailing to New England and the Roman Emperor's arrival at the Downs, with His Majesty's Ships remaining in the area.
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Bristol
Fune
Queen
Holland
Jamaica
Lewis
Virginia
Deal
Downs
Hampshire
Grant
New England
News From Genoa and Europe In the Spring of War
Advices from Genoa report French troops marching toward Balagna Corsica and local surrenders on this side of the mountains. British Admiral Haddock’s squadron is recalled to aid peace talks while Spain and Sardinia negotiate terms. Rome and Vienna send word of diplomatic frictions. Milan and Warsaw note military maneuvers and river crossings. A Covent Garden note mentions Moll King’s sentencing and Mr Whitefield’s planned voyage on the Elizabeth to South Carolina.
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Genoa
Balagna
Corsica
Madrid
Marquess de Villarias
Keene
Two Crowns
Haddock
Don Joseph de la Quintana
the Marine
Rome
Don Lewis Giafferi
Leguora
Spanish
Gibraltar
Port-Mahon
Vienna
Paris
Warsaw
Velcr
Munich
Wieper
Piczary
Weffel
Tabarca
Algiers
Tunis
Covent-Garden
S. Benci- Bar
Westminster
Whitefield
Elizabeth
Hat
Rotherhith
South Carolina
Philadelphia
High Water at London Bridge T6 Minutes After Nine
London Bridge records a high water event at 9 and a half, with t6 minutes after 9 noted in the Mosaic column. The report lists elevated river levels and downstream impact on nearby streets and crossings. No injuries reported.
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London Bridge
Fragmented South Sea Market Items and Shares
Readable fragments show prices and names for South Sea Stock Annuities Bank London Exchange shares and government securities. Entries include South Sea Stock at 99 ½, New South Sea Annuities 110 ½, Three Per Cent Annuities around 105 ½, and various bonds, premiums, and tallies with mixed halfs and quarters.
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Esterday
New South Sea
Bank
Sd. Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Ars
London
Prem
Mine Adventure
Ditto
Difc
Bridge House Lands invites bids for elm and spire timber
The Bridge House Lands committee at Guildhall London seeks proposals in writing to sell and deliver from the Bridge-Yard Southwark one hundred loads of elm timber and fifty loads of elm timber felled last year with specified sizes, plus twelve loads of spire oak timber. William Theed, Comptroller.
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Guildhall
London
Southwark
William Theed
For Sale by the Candle at Marine Coffee House
Auction notice for a parcel of chinaware to be sold tomorrow at four o clock in Bir...in Lane. Catalogues available at John's Coffee-House in Swithin Alley and at the sale site. Peter Crouch in Swictttin's Lang to view goods from morning until sale.
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Marine Coffee
Birehin-Lane
Arsnanan
John
Swithin Alley
Peter Crouch
Swictttin
Lang
Publick Hat Raffle Promises Grosvenor Square House Shares
Mrs Simmons advertises a public raffle in Grosvenor Square to distribute 2000 shares in a Centre House partnership. Subscribers gain proportional interest based on money advanced, with numbers sealed and printed in receipts margins for delivery at the house or Dryden's Head under the Royal Exchange.
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Grofvenor-Square
Simmons
New Tavern Opens at Gravesend Under Barton Management
The Falcon Tavern at Gravesend, once run by Mr Vachet, is now opened by Thomas Barton from Torbay at Borough. Gentlemen and others may expect good treatment and a kind reception upon visiting.
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Gravesend
Vachet
Thomas Barton
Torbay
Botherhith
visitors’ account of a London stroll and sights
A letter describes a trip by the New River side through Lower Street in Clington led by Curioficy to view a long room near the Thatch'd House. The writer praises the site as one of the prettiest seen near London, admiring its situation civility and good usage and inviting walkers to share the pleasure of the place.
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Clington
London
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Port News
Theatre Royal
Covent Garden
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the Royal
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JTOS
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