Hostages of the Melecontents and Allied Movements Near France
An express from Munich reports the Elector funding 10 000 Mien to oppose Turks as they march into Hungary. Madrid dispatches say Britain seeks a court settlement over depredations by Spaniards, with the king ordering guards along the coast not to detain English vessels. Bath news notes the Prince of Wales’s upholsterer arriving to prepare royal reception rooms.
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Munich
Hungary
Madrid
Keene
Great Britain
Costas
Bath
Prince of Wales
Dying Estates and Court News From London and Abroad
Reports from London recount Sir Thomas Steavers death and bequest details including distributions to a maiden daughter and a minor son. Updates cover Regency measures against contagions at Hungary frontiers, hops shipments, naval officer assignments, and court health, with notes on Walpole and the Prince and Princess of Wales plans for Bath.
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Thomas Steavers
James Wett
Lincoln’s Inn
Richard Sceivers
Shad-Thanes
Hanover
Hungary
Guiney
Spain
Admiralty Office
Southgate
Corbet
Pearce
Brown
Seslinns
Holland
Haddock
Mediterranean
Col Guife
James Wood
Regiment of Foot
Fuller
Cornwallis
Christchurch
Hampshire
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London
Robert Walpole
Feph Ashe Windham
Twickenham
Enyquire
Three
Princess of Wales
Warsaw
Cardinal Fleury
Rumford
Flex
Moore
Evar
Butler
Kerfington
Bristol
Gig
Thomas Gooch
Norwich
Onslow
Cemmons
Howard
Earl
Carliffe
James Scott
James Scott, of the Third Regiment of Guards
Fielting
Giustenor
South Carolina
Hiriey
Puckingham
Stuart
Porsmouth
Lord Witc
Teowrdhead
Csipiverer
Joseph Jekyll
Serjeant Skinner
Hulse
India Company
India
Courtney
Henry Courtney
Lord Bathorls
Wales
K. Gilbert
Exeter
Commerdam
Trever
We Indies
Petersburg
Lescers
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