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Foreign and Domestick News From Early 18th Century Letters
Reports from Petersburg Riga and Hamburg describe military preparations with anchors cannons mortars and bombs for the navy while Baltic convoys contemplate joint action with Britain. Cold in Riga stops street travel as ice chokes the Baltic. Stockholm notes Hanover treaty deliberations and imperial troop levies. London reports Franco Dutch negotiations and naval plans, with Wager at sea from Gibraltar. York addresses express loyalty and concern over foreign power demands and safeguarding trade and crown security.
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D. Petersburg
Admiralty
Riga
Balrick Sea
Hamburgh
Stockholm
Senate
Hanover
Bulaw