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Turbulent September Meeting and Military News
A seventeenth century note details a September meeting with entries for races and horses, listing owners, mares, and stakes. It reports Ruffians near Constantinople burning Varma, Belgrade rumors, and Lord Orde's reception in town. It also covers political shifts in Britain, promotions, and naval ship plans to match French and Spanish fleets, plus dispatches from Quebec and Newfoudil noting rising prices.
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Constantinoples
Varma
Belgrade
T. Orde’ Atrieen
Peanee
Downngrftreet
Orde
England
Pitt
Marquis of Buckingham
Earl of Balisbury
Earl of Salisbury
Marquis of Salisbury
Lord Carteret
Patt-ofice
Gant
Earl of Westmortan
Earl of Effingham
Earl of ‘Chesterfeld
Jamaica
Lord Effingham
Hig
Sampson Gideon
Admiralty Board
King’s
Quebec