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Diplomacy and military notices from the early 18th century
The letter recounts requests to the Queen for Marlborough to be ordered to return and prepare measures for the Campaign, with Criesberg named Admiral of the Meuse and Hompech promoted. It notes Ottoman-Port mediation signals, Dunkirk privateers and ships, Villars inspecting fortifications, Persian alliance with the Czar, and convocation matters in Canterbury. Further items include Hertfordshire dispatches, naval movements from Waterford and Dublin, and an impending land sale in Clonmel under Parliament trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Marlborough
Monsieur Criesberg
Meuse
Monsieur Allemande
Hompech
Regiment of Horse-Guards
Earl of Galway
Monsieur Colliers
Constantinople
Dunkirk
Marshal Villars
Bevariz
Persia
Babylon
Bagdat
Stric
Flanders
Edmuard Griffith
Green Cloth
Sir John Walter
Rober Nipper
Edward Finch
Duke
Caneterbury
London
Bristoly
St. Davids
Ailigan Chetmynd Eig
Genoaiga
Waterford
Sligaperch
Leverpool
Cork
Bristol
Lisbon
Viena
Belfast
Council Office
Dublin
Kerry
Danizick
Ountry
Lords Justices
F- Dawson
Beloning
Clonmell
Youghail
Clonmel
Kilkenny
Lord Grandison
Further Coote
Charles Steuart
Arthur Bush
Jeremy Coughlan