A Carnet of Letters and War News from Europe
A long letter from a traveler in Spa discusses moral duty and justice while reporting on ongoing opposition to authority. In Vienna court news, empress affairs and peace talks unfold as a courier network moves to align with or oppose the sovereignty. Genoa dispatches describe troop movements, desertions, and naval actions involving Spain, Naples, Catalan privateers, and Ali Coggia amid broader Mediterranean conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Munich
Persia
Genoa
Bastia
Theodore
Porto-Vecchio
Sarzena
St. Fiorenzo
Specie
Porto
Sicily
Naples
Cotrona
Messina
Ali-Coggia
Ali Coggia
Treaty Talks Tie Persia and Safavid Court
Report notes a venture toward accommodation between the new Sophia of Persia and the Dutch court as of Sept 19, with advice indicating a treaty of settlement may be in progress between the two powers. The message from Holland mentions Peterbourg as a transit point and signals potential diplomatic shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophi
Persia
Port News Item With Arrivals And Departures
In Gravesend ships arriving include the Chandos from Rotterdam and the Loretta from Barbadoes, the Elizabeth and the Johnston from Jamaica, the Clere from Guernsey, and the Princess Amilia from New England. Outward bound ships and sail status noted as winds shift ESE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Downs
Elizabeth
Lee
Knowler
Portugal
William
Martha
Ward
Liverpool
Hart
Five Sisters
Holmes
Jamaica
Halifax
Proctor
Oporto
S.E
E.S.E
Gravesend
Chandos
Jewers
Rottterdam
Henningham
Fonts
Antegoa
Loretta
Letherill
Barbadoes
Hudson
Johnston
Global rues and royal moves tied to Tuscany evacuation
London reports from Petersbourg and Leghorn on military alignments with Count Munich and potential cession of the two Sicilies to Don Carlos. Emperors, archdukes, and Seckendorff plans outline armies against the Turks while various nobility travel home from German spas. Local notices cover marriages, lectures, horse races, and London gossip on gin laws, music, and horse theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt
Marquess de Monte-Florentin
Eimperor
Lombardy
Duke de Montemar
Two Sicilies
Don Carlos
Spain
Tuscany
Vienna
Hungary
Artiilery
Horse
Count Seckendorff
Francfort
Philipsbourg
Fort Khel
Heidelberg
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Monseigneur
Ceilie
Galaura
l’Honneur
Monteigneur
Dira
Altelle
de Cassett
Maniere
Des Musticiens de Liege
Compagnie
Alte
Trouva
Moy - Spa
Prs
Loin
Ligevis
Spa
la Ville de
Liege
Personnes
Elluyer
Ars Pais
la Regularite de
Leire
Luis
Alrefle
Vefteday
Holland
Peterbourg
Port News
London
Petersbourg
Russian Empire
Leghorn
Pheodore
France
Villa-Franca
Lis
Corsica
Buckingham
Pawlerr St. John
Farley
Southampton
Etg
Mary Tynte
Howell Tynte
Nempnec
Somerset
Wiliam Symes
Mr. Short
Mr. Thompson
Earl of Godolphin
Mr. Panton
Chichester
Duthlane
Lang
Woolwich
King’s Stairs
Tower
Gurvey
Masterman
Paul’s-Wharf
Cave
Battersea
Shadwell Dock
Board of Excise
Tooley-street
Signora Scrada Arriv
Holand
Swan Tavern
Alcy
Dominico Antbaly
Saxony
Handel
Thomas Eilington
Willian Groves
Reading
America
Bristol
Cornwall
Ellington
Grover
Berkshire
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