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Galleons to America and Navy Plans Amid European News
The dispatches describe Grillo's command toward America with a plan to fit out two warships after delays from French opposition. Reports from Madrid and The Hague mention embassies, peace talks with the Dutch, and royal processions. Nearby, stock movements in Ostend and Paris society notes, with a Dover murder account and the fatal attack near Calais, plus royal finances and a marriage.
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Holland
France
Blanders
Cadiz
Marquess Grillo
America
Madrid
Indies
St. Malo
Lima
Porto- Bello
South Sea
Thetuan
Perez
England
Morocco
Ceuta
Great Britain
Balfain
Hanover
Ofabrug
Frederick
Berlin
Prague
Vienna
Brussels
Ostend
Coffe
Count Lalaing
Paris
Infanta
Ventadour
Soubize
Versailles
Father Metpelier
Madam de Villars
Chelles
Mademoiselle d’Orleans
M. Pelletier de la Houffaye
Duke of Orleans
M. le Pelletier
M. d’Argenton
London
Dover
Churchil
Seabright
Mr. Davis
Calais
Louis d’Ors
Broadlands
Hampshire
John Sc. Barbe
New Porest
Ashington
Ivelchester
Somerseshire
Charles LI
Colonel Norton
Southwick
Richard Fiennes
William Lord Viscount
Say
Seale
George Cholmondley
Lord Newburgh
Robert Walpole
John Bennet
Marshal's Court
Marethalsen