Merchant Captain Seeks Preferment Amidst Russian Court
Letter from Cronstat dated July 27 1737 describes Captain Opie and his wife receiving high honors from Admiral Gordon and the Russian court of Petersbourg. The writer praises Russian civility, access to court, and patronage opportunities for skilled men, noting Empress approval and introductions to Osterman and the Grand Marshal. The piece ends with port news from Deal Gravesend Dover and Falmouth listing arriving ships and cargoes.
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Cronfat
Fuly
Opie
Gordon
Cronstat
England
Russia
O. Brien
Petersbourg
Osterman
France
Duke of
Iméet
Letters From a Princess to the Duke of Orleans in a Paris Suit
A lengthy set of correspondences from a princess to the Duke of Orleans allege real rights to succession, outlining pleas for examination of claims and assurances of deference. The page also notes court audiences for the Marquess de Cambis, church appointments, marriages, a fire in Kensington, and various criminal trials and trades tallies from London society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Orleans
Modena
Paris
Marquess de Cambis
Hampton Court
Duke of Newcastle
Clement Cotterell
Earl of Grantham
Edward Villiers
Earl of Jersey
Merston Bygort
Froom Zelwood
Omerset
Cisiary
Daydeceas
Wigram, Harris, Esq
St. Janes’s
Miss Allen
Allen
Piccadilly
Richard Wishaw
Symond’s Inn
Stanmore
Peters
Francis Peters
Notice to Exchange Receipts for Stamped Tickets at Union Cafes House
The Bank declares receipts for fewer than ten tickets unusable for final payments and stamps. Richard Shergold invites holders of small-number receipts to visit his Exchange-Aney office to exchange for stamped tickets, offering halves quarters and eighths at the stated price for shamp'd jackets.
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Norice
Suchersons
Union Cafleshouse
Exchange-Aney
Richard Shergold
N. B
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The
Daily Post
Lam
Port News
Deal
Downs
Holland
Winde
N. E. Gravesend
Regina
Worms
Hamburgh
Resolution
Parker
Riga
Dover
Betty
Gross
Guiney
Antigua
Rye
Paterson
Barbary
Madera
Inner Temple
Hoxton
Bunion
Church Lane
Kensington
John Totterdale
Richard Franklyn
Darrell Smak
Col
Fuller
Cluf
Charles Wills
Basrel
Dantzick
Stockholm
Hambourg
Ostend
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Portugal
Guernsey
New England
Ireland
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
Hank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Ditto
South Sea Bonds
Prem
Dito
Citco
Mine Adventure
Ditto
Ss. Oe
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