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Arrivals and Court News from September in Versailles
Yesterday the Marts from France arrived and Prince William of Hesse reached Herdenhausen. The King promoted James Lord Waldegrave to Viscount Chewton and Earl Waldegrave, granted a baronetcy to Cyrill Wich, and reserved appointments for Dr Richard Knipe. Reports detail Franco Prussian disputes, troop movements, and a Dutch convention. Paris and London items note health of the Queen and Dauphin, ceremonial processions, academy honors, and various appointments and illnesses. A London financial and naval summary follows with ship observations, court movements, and a public notice from the Exchequer. Fireworks and dosed military mentions punctuate the day’s dispatches.
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William of Hesse
Herdenhausen
James Lord W.degrave
Germany
Bark
Great Briain
Stiles
Viscount Chewton
Chewton
Somerset
Earl Waldegrave
Kingdom of Great Britain
Cyrill Wich
Eig
Hans Towns
Richard Knipe
Hanover
Christ-Church
Oxford
Stratford
Frussia
Wolfenbutel
Saxe Gotha
Prussia
Hague
States General
Paris
Fontainebleau
Rambouiller
Marquess d’Alincour
Duke of Villeroy
Madam de Four
Dauphin
St. Coling
Cardinal de Biffy
St. Germain Des Prez
Chevalier de Dye
Count de Area
Cardinal de Fleury
Versailles
Academy of Sciences
M. Delogn
le. Cloud
M. Caren
St. Cloud
St. Germain
Bepore
Versalles
Count Maurepas
Bernard
Academy
Te Deum