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Deaths and royal progresses from Fontainebleau to Versailles
French and British dispatches disclose courtly deaths and moves in May. The King of France receives envoys from Sweden and Russia, notes of the Czar’s death, the Prince of Courtenay found dead, and plans for the Queen’s journey to Versailles. Reports from Copenhagen and Vienna cover military and political shifts, while London notes trials, pardons, and theatre ads amid a lively, crowded bulletin of 18th century affairs.
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Kefterday
France
Fontainebleau
Baron de Guedda
Sweden
Soisfons
Landgrave of Hesse
Caffel
Paris
Prince of Courtenay
Abbot of
Courtenay
Fortainebieau
Petitbourg
Versailles
Compiegne
Moscow
Transilvania
Copenhagen
Cretebourg
Denmark
Great Britain
George I
Germany
Vienna
Count Kuffstein
Meitz
Triers
Empire
Gratz
Syria
Trieste
Sicily
London
Serjeant
Raby
John Tizirj
Thomas Spall
Margaret Walker
George Downing
William Shrimpton
Robert Drummond
Ferdinando Shrimpton
Abraham Israel
Thomas Williams
David Aubert
James Dalton
Hugh Haughton
Bristol
Hounslow- Heath
Bury St
Dorset
Wiliam Bets
Elg
M.S. Godefredt Kneller
Equins
Rom
Imp. Et Angliz Baronet Pictoris Regibus
A. Pope
Deal
Margate
Dublin
His Majesty’s Court of King’s Bench
Daniel Kimberly
Bridget Reading
Braddock Mead
Ambrose
Kimbery
Kimberly
Bat Ir
South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
York
Enelith
Welch
Heron
Theatre Royal
Drury-lane
Tom Thumb
Miss Jones
King Arthur
Honourable Society of Free Masons
Mons. Roger
Mr. Rainton
Miss Robinson
Hind
Benjamin Baker