British and Italian Dispatches From Leghorn to Milan
In Leghorn and Milan dated April and April 7 1736 reports detail tensions with ecclesiastics fearing retrenchment, Montemar and Revenhaller expected to meet at Florence, and a formal act to transfer rights over Tuscany Parma and other Italian territories. Genoa asks for French troops to quell unrest while Hanover alliance moves loom and Walpole returns as ambassador. Paris imposes ration and pay rules for stores and troops across Alsace Flanders and Picardie with pay scales and forage changes. Augusta of Saxe Gotha plans departure from Altemberg April 25 28 and reports reach Ratisbon. Marquis de Monts travels from Coffin toward France as ministers prepare.