Mails from France and Holland Report Imperial Edicts
Reports from Moscow and major cities of the Empire claim ecclesiastic and secular state oaths under the new settlement. Joy over tax relief measures, recruiting orders, and troop readiness mark shifting imperial governance as Vienna and Naples weigh coronation delays and Hungary’s memorials. Shipping news cites vessels from Newfoundland and London arrivals at Leghorn Genoa Dartmouth.
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Moscow
Sweden
Stockholm
Naples
Sicil
Tuscany
Vienna
Hungary
Byefdeh
Bourdéaux
Spain
Chaloner Otte
Gloucestershire Labourers Hailed For Highway Work Plan
From Chipping Campden the chief inhabitants of that town have agreed to hire all unemployed Labourers to repair Highways. They will be paid eight pence per day, with a penny extra for small beer, paid nightly. Nearly twenty men are currently employed, a laudable pattern for other places during dearth and scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Chipping- Campden
Gibraltar
Port- Mahon
France
Assur
Ferro
Porto Ricc
Weiltales
Denzil Onslow
House of Commons
Guildford
Surrey
Richard Lord Onslow
Col. Onslow
Douglass
Antigua
St. Sebastian’s
South Carolina
Santre
Santa Teresia
Boyer
Santa Cruz
Leghorn
Cette
Emma-Susanna
Watt
Petersbourg
Finland
William Barker
Newgate
Commissioners of Excise
Elizabeth Martin
Col. de Veil
Port News Broadside from 18th Century Harbor Movements
Port News lists November ship movements with arrivals from Amsterdam Genoa and Leghorn, ships under way in the Westward route, and warships including Winchelsea Gibraltar Scipio and Eltham Cruizer. Vessels report timber, routes from Plymouth Dock and Jamaica, and other Atlantic crossings.
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Falmouth
Prince Frederick
Litton
Arriva
Anne
Smith
Amsterdam
Genoa
Tower
Wingfield
Limi
Scipio
Campbell
Walliam
Leghorn
Thomas
Haydon
Margaret
Dillon
N. W. Gravesend
Hunter
Hambourg
Jenny
Monteer
Virginia
Priscilla
Brown
Barbadoes
Blandford
Jamaica
Papal Speech After Emperor's Death Receives Urgent Conspiracy Warnings
Letter from Rome reports Pope Clement XII held two consistorys to announce the Emperor's death and urge Europe and Italy toward unity under Catholic leadership. He ordered Advent Jubilees for prayers and urged Catholic princes to elect a defender of Christendom. Other items include shipping port news, ship losses near Cette, antígua and Petersbourg reports, and stock market notes.
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Rome
Sacred College
Europe
Italy
Germany
Holy See
Tuscany
Chitten- Mi
Copenhagen
N. S
Bram
France
College of Commerce
Powérrhey
Bourdeaux
Jutland
Ireland
Nomination appeal to London liverymen election
The letter asks Worthy Liverymen of London to support Sir John Barnard and nominees Humphry Parsons Robert Schwartz Heathcote and George Heathcote for Parliament. Dated November 25 1740s the missive praises their loyalty to King George and the constitution and urges votes and interest for the general election at the ensuing Parliament.
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London
Vintners Hall
Humpury Parsons
Lord Mayer
Joan Barnam
Robert Godscha
Grerce Heartcore
George
John Barnard
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Holland
Bristol
Elizabeth
Katherine
Newfoundland
Diarmond
Brock
Mermaid
Bell
Goodfellow
Sanders
Gennod
Cartret
Dartmouth
Goff
Country News
Port News
West Indies
Theatre Royal
Drury-Line
MacBern
Covent Garden
Goodman’s Fields
Hussan
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
Prem
Rhalfditto
Cenc
Emperors
Exchequer
Cenr
Intto
Guildhall
Joan Suitn
Clek
Humphry Parsons
Robert Godschall
George Heathcote
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