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Court Grants Warrant to Lieutenant General of Languedoc
The observer notes grants of 20,400 Crowns to the Marquess and to the government of St Omers for office in Languedoc and St Omers. It reports court moves, the Emperor’s dismissal of Count de Ligneville after a duel, and gossip of nobles at Monceaux and Versailles. It mentions Italian players and King’s theater plans, a murder of two stock-jobbers, and ongoing smallpox mortality. It then shifts to a scholarly excerpt on the East India Company in the Netherlands, its privileges, and historic allotments under Spain and the 1609-1648 treaties, with discussion of customary law and authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Languedoc
St. Omers
Count de Ligneville
Lixin
Duke de Bouillon
Monceaux
Turenne
Pontoise
Paris
England
Duke of Orleans
M. Dominique
Versailles
Solorzan
Eastindia Company
United Netherlands
Em- Indies
Spain
Flanders
Brabant