Liberty demands and political turmoil in Paris section debates
A hustling crowd pressed for liberty for Parris Panis and Boule while M Dubem denounced Counter-Revolutionary Directors of Pas de Calais and attacked right wing murmurs. Debates raged over sovereignty and the authority of the August Diet, with petitions urging the king to disarm guards and redistribute arms to Federates. A young Amazon offered to defend the country with her sword, denouncing Lafayette as a traitor.
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Boule
M. Dubem
Pas de Calais
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Djerkn
Grangeneuve
Paris
Boulem
M. Goujou
M. Bazire
Arcett
M. Barkut
M. Faucher
M. Dillon
Valenciennes
Givet
M. Lackner
M. Dumouriez
M. la Fayette
Section Des Plantes
Monconfeil
Ma Fayette
Kine
Debates on French and European affairs in August Diet
July records reveal gasping debates over foreign affairs free legion return of old officers and nobles targeted proposals to communicate ministerial information. M. Ze March calls for 130000 arms and 200000 mariners, while measures urge restraint against violence and reports from commissioners and envoys.
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M. la Croix
Plymouth
Dunkirk
M. Fauchet
M. d’Averhoult
M. Payfaveaux
Me ‘Dumas
M.J Hars
Mayence
France
Germ
Eesee
M. Gaudet
National Assembly
M. Brison
Fle
Mail from Jamaica Arrives at Falmouth
Sunday arrived at the General Post Office with mail from Jamaica aboard His Majesty's Packet Queen Charlotte commanded by Captain Ratcliffe. The vessel sailed from Kingston on the 18th of June bringing letters and news to the port of Falmouth.
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General Post Office
Jamaica
Falmouth
Ratcliffe
Kingston
Coronation Observed in Frankfort Amid Imperial Festivities
July 16 reports the coronation of the Emperor Prawers I in Frankfurt with nine morning elector assembly, a cathedral procession, ceremony at one, return to Romer, and evening town illumination. Electors, ambassadors, and officers performed duties while magistrates and citizens took homage oaths to the Emperor.
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Prawers
Romer
Paris
Frankfort
Russian attack on Polish advance guard in Lithuania
Letters from Warsaw dated July describe a Russian force assaulting the Polish army’s advanced guard in Lithuania on July 4 at two in the morning under Lieutenant General Zabillo. The Russians were much superior in numbers. Major Wedelstredt led a orderly Polish retreat with 50 Poles killed while Russia lost 100.
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Leyden
Warsaw
Lithuania
Zabi¢llo
Wedelstredt
Imperial Majesties and Archduke Joshica at Mayence
The Imperial Majesties and Archduke Joshica arrived at Mayence after departing Frankfort on July 18 with artillery salutes and vast crowds. They will stay until July 22 then proceed to Prague for the coronation amid ongoing parleys and potential hostilities. Troop dispositions show Austrian forces at Schwetzingen about 12,000 strong with Prussian forces near Koblenz. Decisive actions are eyed for early August.
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Mayence
Joshica
Frankfort
Prince Royal
Prague
Baron de Spretmayn
Vienna
France
St. James’s
Rhine
Schwetzingen
Coblentz
Polish Army Rout by Ruffians Near Polonnec Described
Warsaw dispatch notes a 25 000 strong Polish force under Prince Poniatowski faltering before unknown Ruffians near Polonnec. Two Polish generals defected, a 20 000 man reinforcement was en route, and losses include 49 guns 227 powder bags 1475 firelocks 50 000 cartridges 24 000 flour sacks 2800 cloth pieces 470 ammunition wagons 1735 killed 439 wounded 1247 prisoners.
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Warsaw
Josyph Poniatowsky
Polonnec
Poniatowsky
Prague
Poland
Vistula
Kosciuszko repels Russian rear guard at Dubienka
July 5 report from Dubienka describes Prince Poniatowsky’s retreat from Warkowic being attacked by a Russian van-guard. General Kosciuszko lured the enemy between two fires and repulsed them with heavy losses. A lapse by Prince Michaert Lusomin sky caused baggage to be left behind.
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Joseph Poniatowsky
Warkowic
Kosciuszko
Michaert Lusominsky
Za Bey
Dome
Iground
coluThis
Tre
Carcély Atl Dragoons
Andy
Duchess Delivers Daughter in Piccadilly and Other Town News
Wednesday reports note the Duchess of Dorset has safely given birth to a daughter at Piccadilly. The Earl of Dartiveron is gravely ill at Raby Castle. Mr. Cuapres Himper will replace Mr. Best as First Clerk in the German Office. In Ghent the Emperor of Germany is to be inaugurated as Count of Flanders. France’s public calm improves as Confederate Powers near Paris. Prussia reportedly adds 18,000 troops to the Rhine frontier, funded by Russia under alliance terms.
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Admiralty
Duchess of Dorset
Piccadilly
Earl of Dartiveron
Raby Castle
Durham
Cuapres Himper
Best
Germany
Flanders
Ghent
France
Prufsia
Rhine
Russia
Poland
Wickham Bushes Camp Narrative Describes Fortified Redoubts
A reader letter from Feuquieres outlines a detailed fortification plan for the Wickham Bushes camp near Bagshot dated July 28, 1792. It describes three infantry brigades, a 29-piece artillery park, dragoons, and elaborate redoubts numbered 1 through 7 with dimensions, construction, and deployment logic for defense and counterattack.
Distressed Theatrical Satire and Trade Notes From Deptford
The item assemblage reports cargo values from Cadiz shippings with piastres and hides, a scandal about a clerk selling his wife, a curiously scolding urban sermon on universities and math, Deptford chapel sales, East India ship growth, and a grisly trial involving Pine alias Paine and the murder of his wife, with harsh punishment details and a fatal outcome. The language preserves period tone and mixed topics.
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Cadiz
Havannah
Lima
Honduras
Threadneedle-street
Apollo Gardens
Ellors
Gil Bias
Deptford
Greenwich
Europe
Asia
Great Britain
East-India Company
Norfolk Osland
Gorgon
Admiralty
James Harding
Leland
Pine Alias
Paine
Ens Calera
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