Bavaria Pleads for Aid Amid War Disasters and Hardship
Francis of March 29 report details Bavarian minister's memorial to the Imperial Diet, describing ruin across Bavaria from ongoing battles, plunder, and depopulation. Clergy, nobility, burghers, and country peasants suffer extreme hardship as towns burn, lands are damaged, and faith foundations struggle to aid the sick and poor. The dispatch states aims to curb oppression and urges empress action, noting the emperor appeals to the empire for relief.
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Dominicus
Bavaria
Turin
Aare
Nice
Ma Millertes
Feme
Couries
London
Languedoc
Provence
Niece
Villafranca
autFentick
Munich
Matthews
France
Spain
Fani
Riffer
Lobkowiz
Pesaro
Rimini
Loretto
Prown
Brown
Port News Arrivals and Departures at Sea
Port News from March 26 reports arrivals and departures from several ports. Ships include the Drake from the Westward, the Rye Man of War sailing for the River, and vessels like the Ruby for Maryland and the Upton for Virginia. Also listed are arrivals from London routes to Bristol and Virginia ships returning to or from South Carolina and Virginia.
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Deal
Drake
Sir John
Melhasd S
Hanover
Jones
Bork
Londons
Leopard
Biddeford
AcDover
Judith
Coweé
South Carolina
Bristol
Kitty
Nora
Robinson
Virginia
Esther
Northéoie
London
Naval Preparations and Local Marriages in London News
The Elthant Man of War Gapti Durell arrives from the West Indies and ships including the Litchfield and Lion are being ready for sea to counter French privateers. Admiralty orders forty tenders and twenty tons of gunpowder for Channel service. A marriage in Lambeth unites Miss Sylvester Johnson and Winifred Harrison, with fortunes noted. Also reported are the death of Captain James Stewart and a tragic accident at St Paul’s involving two boys on the church steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gapti Durell
West-Indies
Arid Mann
Litchfield
Lion
Lords of the Admiralty
Board of 16
Board of Ordnance
Greenwich
Channel
Mme. Silvester. Johnson
Geotlem Pofets
Yorkshire
Lambeth
Mats Winifred Harrison
Mr. Harrison
Richmond
Surrey
Coupte
James Stewart
Queen Anne
St.Paul’s
Local News and Notices From Leadenhall Street Playbill
Fragmented report details a man killed by a sudden gust near the Top of the Stone Gallery, with coroner to investigate. Also noted: highway robbery near Battersea Field targeting Mr. Farrar the linen-dyer. ships and voyages including Palfeye, Curtain Vérdon, and a Bahama connection. several bankrupts listed. high water at London Bridge. South Sea stock prices and financial items. notice of a Genial Court to be burden at Leadenhall Street.
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Farrar
Linnen-dyer
Wandsworth
Battersea-Field
Hsandrel
Palfeyeo
London
Philadelphia
Bahama Islands
Vérdon
South-Carolina
Charles Town
Hefei
Leadenhall Street
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Francfort
Ascoli
Kingdom of
Naples
Fulignia
Asitbria
Tusfany
Romagna
Lombardy
Pelaro
Ancona
Prince Lobkowitz
Mediterranean
William Fewster
Birmingham
Warwick
Chapman and Dealer
Benjamin Phillipps
St.James’s
Setumatter
Middlesex
Margaret Waylon
Devizes
Wilts
London Bridge
South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Rhalf Lenden Duro
Baoks ‘Faut
Iydia
Mercer
L Spaw
Clerkenwell
Kerman
Dominique (Rhe
Hendrick
Pedi
Lepierre
Shawford
Meera Mis
Prichard
Wich
Brands Basen
Losland
Mr. Matcers
Oday
Robert
Francis
Bacon
Aifiy
Ern Sisien
Raglan
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