Dissension and diplomacy across seas and empires
Fragmented dispatches describe Persian intrigue in the Ottoman realm, efforts to crown a Persian ruler, and peace news with Sweden unsettling Bashaw Bonneval. Petersbourg debates Baron Neunau stumbles on titles, while German and Dutch forces loom. Reports detail military movements near Mainz and Worms and winter quarters arrangements for allied troops.
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Schach Abas
Sophi
Persia
Peter
Paris
Alorg
Ruth
Sweden
Bashaw Bonneval
Petersbourg
Baron Neunaus
Segand
Baron Neuaustell
Todia
Eraz
Berlin
Sis
Saxe-Gotha
Ap Arroy
Netley
Worms
Hag Beg Ie
Netherlands
Mainz
Biberich
Baron Porck
Cologne
Austrian Netherlands
Franckendall
Queich
Prince Charlés
Hussars
Frontiers and Forces Move Across Italy in War Updates
A fragmentary dispatch outlines Spanish and Neapolitan troop movements near the frontiers of the Ecclesiasticate and Piedmont. It notes British restraint after pleas from Sardinia’s king, and reports a Grand Council of War at Duke of Modena's residence planning routes toward Tuscany or Bologna. Geneva also confirms Philip II's army marching toward Piedmont through Queiras and Barcelonetta valleys.
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Betis
Ionde Mobile
Aghnizal
Matthews
Sardinia
Rome
Spoleto
Dutchy
Gage
Tuscany
Bolognese
Geneva
Briangon
Philip
Piedmont
Queiras
Barcelonetta
Election of Magistrates in the City elects Dinwiddie Lord Provost
This day the election of magistrates for the city for the year ensuing chose the Hon. Lawrence Dinwiddie as Lord Provost. Archibald Hamilton Alexander Stirling and James Smith were elected as chief Baillies and other officials noted.
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Lawrence Dinwiddie
Archibald Hamilton
Alexander Stirling
James Smith
Irish Soldier Stabs Landlord in Gloucester Kitchen
In Gloucester at the Green Dragon an intoxicated Irish foot soldier demanded vinegar during service time. After being refused he cursed loudly and fought the landlord, stabbing him in the groin with a knife an inch deep. The victim’s life is in danger.
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Glouchester
Green Dragon
Port News Arrivals and Sailings from Dover
PORT NEWS Dover lists ships arriving or sailing including the Success Pegg from Milford to Yarmouth and the Providence Smith son from Cherbourg and the Foxhunter Haynes from Rotterdam. Other arrivals noted at various points include the Edward Augustas from Petersbourg and vessels from Oporto and Guernsey with several ships in the Downs and in the river with wind at Gravesend.
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Dover
Pegg
Milford
Yarmouth
St._Augustine
Kerwan
Litbon
Elizabeth
Kite
The
Downs
Gravesend
Providence
Smithson
Cherbourg
Sutsmission
Thumam
Petersbourg
Haynes
Rotterdam
Poins
Edward Augustas
Thompson
Guernsey
Success
Cole
Fromm
Oporto
Dodington
Ollive
Newfeuddiad
Navy Supply Contract Noted in Commissioners Minutes
The ictualling Office Commissioners contracted for 4000 quarters of corn and 300 quarters of flour to be delivered immediately for the Navy's service.
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Ictualling Office
Political and Legal Notices from a Provincial Yearly Ledger
Fragmentary survey of appointments and deaths in Scotland and England, with clerks appointed to the Exchequer, medical recoveries of the Archbishop of Gagierbixys, marriages in Lincoln and Winchester Street, demise of James Garridge, plus Cambridge university proctors and a Warwickshire highway robbery. Includes Old Bailey sessions verdicts on Abraham Pass and a notable Hicks's Hall case about a Squire and a Tradesman over a linen purchase and a limit of time for legal action.
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Sittoi
Deceas
Gagierbixys
Lincoln
Joseph Petworth
Poffes
Venables
Litchfield
Joy
Winchester Street
Devirle
Pedford
James Garridge
Trinity College
Burton
Pembroke
Whitton
Trinity
Mgr
May
Richards
King’s
Stebbing
Katherine Hall
Birmingham
Hunt
Warwick
Abraham Pass
Hicks’s Hall
Iseas
Thomas-and-Mary
Pike
Pool
Newfoundland
Oporto
Financial measures and securities prices in London markets
The report lists prices for South Sea Annuities and New South Sea Annuities, Three Per Cent Annuities, Bank securities, and Royal Exchequer, with various quotings and discounts. It notes percentages, premiums, and exchange values amid a dense ledger-like summary of bonds and bonds-related instruments.
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Sorieh
South Sea
New South Sea
Bank Cirenfarian
India
Chang Cateranes
London
Royal Exths India
Prem
Exchenver
Duscount
Lowery
Legal Hospital Seamen Greenwich invites Hopi proposals
Directors of His Majesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich publish a notice inviting suppliers to submit proposals with samples. Proposals must be delivered to the liaison at Salieri Hall on Wednesday November 2 at eleven o clock. Applicants should inquire with the steward and liver for details and all related particulars.
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Greenwich
Azajesty
Royal Hospital
Salieri Hall
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