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Provisions and Promotions in British Colonies and Europe
The crown appoints John Lord De La War as Governor of New York and New Jersey in place of the late Col. Cosby. Sir Orlando Bridgman to Barbadoes. Edward Tretewney to Jamaica. Various generals and colonels named for dragoons and foot regiments. News from Hanover on Prussian affairs. Cambridge changes. death of Serjeant at Arms Thomas Spence. negotiations and tariffs in the Dutch and Imperial realms. Walpole to Paris for peace talks. naval and colonial movements. Local notices include new high offices and Mint appointments. Walpole’s voyage to Paris and European treaty maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lord de la War
New York
New Jersey
America
Col
William Cosby
Orlando Bridgman, Bart
Barbadoes
Lord Viscount Howe
Edward Tretewney
Island
Jamaica
Henry Cunningham
Richard Lord Viscount Molesworth
Regiment of Dragoons
Wynne
John Cope
Lord Viscount Molesworth
Irwin
Regiment of Foot
Gevert Cope
St. Clair
Bland
Moyle
Thomas Howard
William Tatton
Wentworth
Howard
John Campbell
Regiment of
Francis Earl of Effingham
London
Hanover
Batt Pries Land
Duke of Newcastle
Cambridge
Earl of Anglesey
Thomas Spence
House of Commons
The
Hague
Bergues
Juliers
Republick
Count Linzendorff
Empire
Antwerp
France
Trevor
Great
Britain
States General
Mrr. Walpole
Paris
Garda Costas
Great Britain
Madrid
Star
Travot
Wanderheim
Rome
Hungary
Count Seckerdorff
Duke of Lorrain
Vienna
Turin
Sardinia
Ferrara
Anthony Branzini
Roward
Farmer
Salop
Creshall
Kent
Spain
Portugal
Viscount Boyne
Kingdom of Ireland
Newport
Isle of Wight
Duke of Devonshire
Ireland
Horatio Walpole
Cockpit
Dover
Holland
South Carolina
Charles Town
Seahorse
Compton
Virginia
Norris
Warren
Havannah
St. Augustine