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Intrigues of 1740s diplomacy and privateer news from Europe
A long circulated dispatch from Vienna lists ministers letters to the Porte concerning Ottoman negotiations and multiple peace plans tied to Emperor Charles VI. Berlin notes a marriage proposal for Amelia of Hesse, while Tournay garrison reinforcement and troop directives shape a shifting war map. Reports from Genoa, Ostend, and Jamaica cover privateering, ship captures, and naval movements amid ongoing global tensions.
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France
Thoring
Bavaria
Vienna
Charles the Sixth
M. Amelot
Marquess de Villeneuve
Corstantinople
Count de Castelaine
Porte
Count de Castelanne
Berlin
de Schmettau
Amelia of Hesse
Charles
William
Glatz
East-Friesland
Oxdenard
Waldeck
Mackay
Tournay
Meterbe
Beveren
Genoa
Fune
Corsica