Private Letter on Ottoman Persian tensions and port talks
Fragments from a May 28 private letter discuss rumors of Shah Nadir’s agents stirring Turkish unrest and Persian aims to surmount Ottoman power. Reports differ on whether peace or war will follow, with Kouli Khan’s rising influence and fears of Christian pressure shaping policy.
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Lon
Shah Nadir
Rufin
Thich
Porte
Jth
Somme
Kouli Kan
Nis Pestans
Dagens
Port News and Court Notices from 1740s London
Port news records ships moving between Harwich and Jamaica with wind conditions and several circuit dates for Norfolk Suffolk and Leicestershire. It notes deaths of notable figures in Hackney and Bristol, consigns taxes and excise officers, and lists upcoming sessions at Norwich Cambridge Coventry and Nottingham amid global events and stock commentary.
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Midland
Baron Carter
R Tate Flr
Natiel Bert Imuly
Norton
Sens Foden
J Ol
Oakham
Tyes
Castle of Lincoln
City of Line
Nottinghamshire
Nottingham
Leiceter
Coventry
Warwick
Pess
Excise
Wilkstobe & Collettor
Roger Metcalf
Brownlow Street
Afferridon
Holland
Tobio
Frank Cock
Dunkirk
Funes
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London
Norfolk
Lee
Bykingham
Buckingbayr
Bucks Bape
Bedford
Huntingdon
Comrie
Camridge
Suffolk
Bury St. Edmonds
Norwich
Norswich
Netherlands
St. Omer
Londons Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
Iodia
Disto
Fishon Bank
Royal Lifechange
Assurance
India
Bondon
Court of Lord and Aldermen
Guildhall
Guy of London
John
Grant
Glovers ‘Company
Wray Biden
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Nichol
Lenore Cae
Apo
Thomas
L Dirield
Fram
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