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Fraudulent bankrupt delivered to French authorities in Utrecht
Rotterdam May 14 reports NE Schwata a German Jew fled from France with debts over 300,000 Livres to evade creditors. After a pursuit via Nimeguen and Utrecht, he was captured at Culembourg, then surrendered to French secretary Dujardin and taken to France under guard to face trial for bankruptcy. Vienna May 10 notes ceremonies and a fire at Olffe with extensive damage and relief. Other European items mention weddings, military movements, and local incidents in Breslau, Parma, Florence, Bologna, and London shipping notices.
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NE Schwata
France
M. Deffaudray
Nimeguen
Paris
Utrecht
Sieur Dujardin
Roan
Havre de Grace
Vienna
Leopold
Lower Silesia
Breslau
Trebnisz
Church of
Castille
Olffe
Venice
Bay
Mark
Tradéunien
Levant
Parma
Rome
Florence
Eleonora
St. Philip
Spain
Ascanio
Valombrosa
Father Maccioni
Count Mansigli
Marseilles
Bologna
Wallis
Germany
Sicily
St. Dominick
Lucius King
Sardinia
Falmouth
Philly
Nova Scotia
London
Southampton
Mary
Jersey
John Lucy
Thomas and Jane
Philip Pain
Deal
White
Norway
Industry
Legard
New England
Happy George
Fitzgerald
St. Matthew
Hill
Hambourg
Carew
Waller
Leghorn
Loyal Friend
Hitchens
Nepine
Coppenger
Hannah
Elizabeth
Jones
August
Tickner
Gibraltar
Cayon
Howes
Se. Kitts
Severn
Carpenter
Antigua
White Hore
Kear
Priscilla
Ford
Newfoundland
Sarah
Watson
Barcelona
George and
Hemings
Carolina
Thomas
Williamson
Blossom
Nailer
Wye
Indian
Brothers
Yeoman
Lisbon
Adventure
Williams
Seville
Anne
Carteret
Rouen