Separate Articles of the Vienna Agreement 1736
The text records three Separate Articles signed at Vienna on April 11 1736 between the Most Christian King and Emperor regarding the exchange of territories including Lorraine Bar Tuscany and Bar with provisions on possession and mediation. It also notes a declaration concerning the House of Lorraine and guarantees against reunion and penalties for the Duke of Deux Ponts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Lorrain
Bury
Tuscany
Bar
Stanislaus
Falkenstein
House of Lorrain
Duke of
Genoa Publishes Placard Against Baron Theodore
Reports from Genoa say the republic deteriorates amid Corsican unrest. A public placard charges Baron Theodore with high treason, seduction of the people, and disturbing public tranquility, forbidding correspondence on pain of penalties and placing a bounty on his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Republick
Theodore
Corsica
Apothcary Moore Cures Foot Disease by Fumigation
A letter from May 22, 1736, to Me OHN MOORE, apothecary in Lawrence-Pountney Lane, describes Benjamin Smith of Castle Street Shoreditch seeking treatment after a blister and swelling in his foot. The doctor allegedly cured a foul bone with fumigation and antipellagric measures, with a week of Purges and Antiscorbatic Pills. The writer confirms the cure at cattle street and notes prior successful treatments, including a knee tendon condition cured before amputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Persous
Smith
J. Moore
Theophilus Pargiter
Apple Brandy Warehous Sale at Keen's Wharf Strand
Wholesale sale at the Apple Brandy Warehouse Keen's Wharf Strand offers PDRANDY praised as fine and increasingly used as a substitute for foreign brands. Geneva Holland sort sold at high quality and price. Public welcome to browse without purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keen’s Wharf
Essex-Stairs
Strand
Geneva
Holland
Fondon
Port News Noted Ship Departures From English Ports
Port News reports May 24 25 sailing from Southampton Deal and nearby ports. Vessels Richards Peircey for Ireland and Newfoundland. two Marys Gordon for Guernsey, Aaron Croix for Jersey, Jane Allen for Guernsey, Catherine Warwick for Cork. Ships Princess of Orange Dent and Charming Molly Harrison sailed. Sea-Horse Goodson remains for orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pool
Richards
London
Peircey
Ireland
Newfoundland
Southampton
Two Marys
Gordon
Guernsey
Aaron, Croix
Jersey
Jane
Allen
Catherine
Warwick
Cork
Deal
Princess of Orange
Dent
Molly
Harrison
Sea-Hosse
Goodson
Fragmentary nautical note from a colonial ship log
Fragmented OCR text mentioning Anna Maria Scott and various names, a ship named Princes Sound, Cait Bradley, and Gosdioh. The garbled lines hint at a maritime record or diary entry with ship names, crew or passenger names, and references to wind, sail, and tune. Exact context and dates are unclear due to damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Maria
Scott
South Carolina
Gramnies
Ware
Princes Sound
Cait Bradley
Gosdioh
Masterpieces and political dispatches from royal Paris and Rome
Reports from Paris describe Gobelins tapestry works intended for King Louis and Versailles rooms, Oudry paintings shown in royal apartments, and hunting scenes linked to Compiègne. Rome letters note arrests after a Trastevere mob spin and powder shipments for Spanish troops, while London updates mark the king’s arrival in Holland and Hanover and notable deaths and corn prices in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.S
Paris
Budn Nakey
I Gobeling
Pie
Caf Compiegne
Sieue Oudry
Versailles
Forest of
Compeigne
Chace
Sieur Oudry
St. Fol
Order of St. Genevieve
Count de Thoulouse
Parc Ferre
Ta'y
Manthadiory
Mount Parnassus
Areopagus
Athens
Rome
Leo
Raphael
Charles Skelton
Order of
Cardinal Acquaviva
Trastevera
Sieur Bardi
Valmontone
Belluga
Acquaviva
Naples
Admiralty Office
Holland
Hanover
Duke of Dorser
Ireland
Kew
Greenwich
Simon Whitfield
Royal Navy
Charles Lake
Butler
Lady Northey
Essex-street
the Strand
Gloucester
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