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Dated dispatches from St Petersburg to London on royal audiences and court intrigues
Reports from Morrow April 1 and Petersbourg April 16 detail the Spanish ambassador's private audience with the Czar and receipt of the Ribband of St Andrew, Osterman's influence, executions of conspirators, and the arrival of German and Swedish officials. Additional notes cover fleet armaments, arrangements for Riga and Constantinople, and various naval arrivals and trials in London and Dover.
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Livia
Spain
Portugal
Order of St. Andrew
Baron Osterman
Vienna
Schwerin
Sweden
Siberia
Genoa
France
Prince of
Saxe Gotha
Lisbon
Cadiz
Ireland
Cape Palo
Barbary
Riga
Nystadt
Te Czar
Stockholm
Count Stralenheim
Hambourg
Count Rhierstiern
Constantinople
Kiel
Holstein
D. Baron Diefeau
Gallowin
Petersbourg
Christopher
Thomas Rawlins
Isaac Ashby
Ashlin
John Hulks
Dalton
Edward Benson
George Gale
Thomas Crowder
Neeves
Susannah Vine
Margaret Pendergrass
Mary Henson
Oseph Prince
Andohn Dobbs
Majesty
Advice
Stewart
Lord Mark Kerr
Gibraltar
Spithead
Cork
Plymouth
Regiment of Guards
Portsmouth
London
John Lade
Leatherfeller
Samuel Dashwood
Caleb Coatsworth
Dover
Preston
Goodwin Sands