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Gossip of Bath revels and court dispatches across Europe
The page recalls a Bath lordly entertainment for the poor by Lord Palmerston, Countess Pembroke’s gracious conduct, and Sir Thomas Cave’s marriage to Miss Davis with a fortune of fifty five thousand pounds. It notes Paris bishops to be examined, Baron de Borke’s birthday entertainment, the Orange princesses health, Groninguen visit plans, and Prince Eugene’s retirement from the Council of War. Reported exports from February include wheat and coin. local deaths and oddities follow, including a smallpox victim, intoxicated deaths, gown theft at St Paul’s, and Versailles hunting pictures.
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Thomas Cave
Stamford
Nohampton
Davis
Dr. Davis
Birmingham
Warwick
Robert Walton
Royal Regiment of Foot
Ireland
Armstrong
Buegar
St. James’s
Col. Sinclare
Earl of Dunmore
Blacklear
Ffair
Paris
Cambray
Baron de Borke
Sophia
Princess of
Orange
Leuwarden
Friezland
Eugene
Council of War
Count Kennigsegg
Proffia
Fiddes
Tavistock-street
Duke of Buckinghamshire
Southampton-street
Covent-Garden
Thoma Medley
Fritton
Sussex
William Thomas
Geneva
Catharine Eee
St. James’s Street
Charings Cross
St. Paul’s Church
Palace of Versailles
Marquis de Flavacour
St. Germain’s
Fenrieton-street
Calloven
Mr. Calloven