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Turbulent Times and Court News From December Fronts
A late December dispatch sketches European affairs with the Quadruple Alliance terms and Paris intrigues. Reports note the King’s steadfast stance, revived public diversions after the Duke of Orléans’s death, and a coronial procession at Saint-Cloud. London weather, earthquakes in Somerset, and a tragic suicide in Red-Lion Square are cited alongside New World affairs from Virginia. Royal mercy and Treasury changes ripple through ports, while Florence to Paris letters keep Christian and Persian alliance matters in view. The Sardinian ambassador’s arrival and Earl Cowper’s travel plans are mentioned as winds drive ships and a grand theatre advertises a moral drama for the week.
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Clire
Orleans
Orlerars
St. Cloud
Londorn
Korenoon
London
Werminster
Domas
Froome
Somerferslire
Leng
Hovseia Red-Lion-Square
Ormena Streets
Cooper
Portmouth
Aelvocefays
England
Peham
Duke of Wencafile
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Exchequer
Foun Smitis
Taft
Florence
Paris
Duke of Orleans
Cambray
Congress
Sophi
Persia
Persie
Sophie
Derbent
Baku
Caspian
Héluverfluys
Stair
Earl Cowper
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