Mails from France and Holland report tense European moves
From Petersbourg to Brussels, May reports outline court plans to move furniture to Moscow, military buildups in Sweden and Saxony, and Austro Prussian negotiations. Tartars threaten frontier lines, naval movements near Cadiz and Barcelona unfold, while Madrid notes troop transport shifts and Catalonia artillery dispatches.
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Moscow
Duke of Courland
Ingermania
Badick
Stockholm
Carelfcroon
Helsingford
Dantzick
Caminieck
Nieper
Zapora
Cadiz
Groyne
Ferrol
Carthagena
Madrid
Catalonia
Turin
Naples
Great Britain
Alexandria
Vienna
Silesia
Neiss
Breslau
Strehlen
Baroniai
Hindford
Prussia
Hungary
Berlin
Jast
Brieg
Prince of Arhalt Deffau
Paris
Lisbon
Portugal
France
Spain
Sardinia
Hambourg
M. Bertucheff
Revel
Sweden
Brussels
Faris
Italy
Rance
Port News Update from Deal to Gravesend May 22 23
May 22 Deal reports fail’d HMS Feversham outward bound with Lenox and Thunder Bomb remaining in port. Wind Dover brings George and Joanna Kirk from North Carolina. May 23 Deal notes ships remaining as last. Prosperity for Barbary arrives. wind N E. Gravesend May 23 lists vessels passing: Charles Hammond Lawrence Crofthwaite Three Nuns from Carolina, Globe Kenningworth from Maryland, Princess Amelia from Antigua, Elizabeth Bredamus from Amsterdam.
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Deal
Feversham
Dover
George
Joanna Kirk
North Carolina
Armstrong
Barbary
N. E. Gravesend
Charles
Hammond
Lawrence
Crofthwaite
Snelling
Carolina
Globe
Kenningworth
Maryland
Amelia
Phillips
Antigua
Elizabeth
Bredamus
Amsterdam
Memorials of Montijo on Spain and Bohemia rights tension
The piece notes Spain’s claimed right to late Emperor Charles VI’s dominions, while asserting a pacific aim to aid the Bohemian electoral process. It reports Dutchess of Tuscany electors, Bohemia’s Electoral Vote, and Spain’s protest against Tuscany’s pretensions, with additional items from Exeter elections and coastal ship movements.
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Count de Montijo
Spain
Charles the Sixth
Francfort
Tuscany
Madrid
Bohemia
Kingdom of
Bankrupts named in Surrey and London listings
Bankrupts listed include John Hume of St John parish Southwark Surrey cornfactor Andrew Ward of Leadenhall Street London cheese monger and coal dealer Joan Pierce of Canterbury salesman Christopher Cooke formerly of York haberdasher of Small Wares Anne Beale John Beale and Samuel Beale of Wribbenhall Kidderminster Worcestershire merchants copartners. Also this evening at Theatre Royal Drury Lane a performance of Love for Love with The King and Miller of Mansfeld.
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John Hume
St. John
Southwark
Surrey
Andrew Ward
Leadenhall-street
London
Joan Pierce
City of Canterbury
Christopher Cooke
City of York
Anne Beale
John Beale
Samuel Beale
Wribbenhall
Kidderminster
Worcester
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
King
Miller
Mansfeld
High Water at London Bridge Delays After 6 P.M.
Flooding reported at London Bridge with water levels rising 42 minutes after six in the afternoon. Authorities warn residents and travelers to avoid the area as crews monitor conditions and coordinate safety measures.
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London Bridge
Ela Ee
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Exeter
Knights of the Shire
Devon
William Courtenay
Theophilus Fortescue
Lord Clinton
Wallop
Viscount Symmington
Conduit-street
Hanover Square
Mr. Jefferies
Kent-street Road
Navy Board
His Majesty
Deptford
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Ceuta
Leghorn
Bristol
Helena
Guillaume
Southampton
South Carolina
Joanna
Kirk
Capt
Willson
Philadelphia
Dublin
Jonathan Corbett
Justice Northey
Mary, Blake
Richard Hale
Oporto
Russia
Barbados
Rice
Mary-le-bon Gardens
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