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Fragmentary 18th Century Foreign Intelligence Summary
The dated notes from Rome, Bologna, Fenice, Hamburg, Cologn, and Aachen describe religious decrees, imperial military movements, plague controls, and naval activity. Poignant items include a papal plan for a three day Holy Ghost prayer, a possible canonization decree, imperial troops marching toward Piedmont, plague quarantines on travelers, a privateer sloop with 56 guns, and reports of Greenland whaling losses amid French and Muscovite naval interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pius V
Caraffa
Lucini
Bichi
Portugal
Pawthcej
Signior Bichi
Barcelona
Charles III
Tishop
Vienna
Bologna
Kingdom of
Naples
Wallis
Rome
Piemont
Aradena
Fenice
Senate
Dolphin
Lisbon
Brice Gakey
Malta
Phenix
Aigle
Levant
Knights of
A¢alia
Sicily
Catalonia
Hamburgh
Greenland
Abe
Copenhagen
Cologn
Trier