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Amid Calais Sails and Royal News from 1732
Reports from Paris and Turin note King Victor Amadeus recovering fevers with a thigh swelling. London advices list Captain Lingen appointed to command a new sloop at Sheerness. Cadiz letter mentions ships homeward bound from Havana and Vera Cruz with treasure and cargoes for commerce and the King. Observers in Barbados warn of colonial ruin without Parliament aid. A French troop movement near Thionville and Saar leads to Saar Lewis reports. An American Aloe bloom in Enfield is described as immense. A London wager article covers a 14 hour 105 mile ride for 20 guineas, and price notes for hops and cheese. The King’s safe arrival home from Holland is recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calais
Wrstace
London
Paris
N. S
Turin
Victor Amadeus
Admiralty
Lingen
Sheerness
Cadiz
Canaries
Havanod
Porto Bello
Capitana
Almirante
Lavera Cruz
Fuerte
Guarde Costa
Cort of
Carthagena
la Vera Cruz
Burladine
Campeachy
Nevero Constante
Havanna
Lima
Richmond
Robert
Cinque Ports
Middlesex
Duke of Dorset
Deuxponts
France
Thionville
Saar Lewis
Daichy
Bath
Landau
Sambre
Oran
Walter Pettyward
Enfield
Bilox
Hoxton
Bngland
Cotten
Bell Inn
Holbourn
Ridgley
Litchfield
Staffordshire
Holland
Vienna
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