Public Notice on Bearer Notes and Postal Security Practices
General Post Office directive from September 22 1792 endorses splitting bearer notes and drafts to prevent loss. instructions cover handling of valuables sent by post and delivery to clerks at the General Post Office or country post offices. It includes a specimen note and guidance for posting in London, with references to the Bank of England and security measures for letters, rings, and casks. It also advertises subscriptions for relief to French refugees including laity clergy and lists London and Edinburgh offices accepting payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Gazettes
London
General Post Office
Pofmatter
Anthony Todd
Arit
Ransom, Morand
Hammersley
Pall Mall
Hoares and Co
Fleet-street
Down, Thornton
Free
Bartholomew-lane
Forster, Lubbock, and Co
Mansion House
New
Lloyd’s Coffee House
Affairs of France in Paris reports unreliable war news
A cautious digest notes conflicting Paris reports on French and Prussian movements. Dumourier and Kellermann are cited with disputed advances and possible capitulation, while Emigrants and Brunswick signals create a web of exaggerated claims. Ministers deny Prussian accommodation and warn the Republic will not negotiate until troops leave France. The piece also outlines secret French ambassadorial instructions and a planned Ottoman and Polish influence scheme.
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Paris
Europe
Ghaloas
Verdun
Dumourigr
Kellermann
Phussia
M. Dumeourier
Rheims
Keermann
Vitri
Prussia
Executive Council
Ling of
France
Stuffels
Dumourier
Aivourac
Monsieur
Duke of Brunswick
Bournonville
Chalensy
Reims
Adi Fast
Aritocrates
de Simonzille
Constantinople
Brussels
Ottoman Empire
Poland
M. St. Croix
Warsaw
National Convention hears Europe's state and Paris note
Paris Deputation presents resolutions on Gidevant Monarch and Louis XVI. The Convention reports Prussia’s stance, the Temple as a prison, and King Louis's fate. Orleans riots yield red flag to Cap of Liberty. arms supply estimated. Debates on ecclesiastics focus on pay, equality, and allowances for married priests.
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M. le Brun
Europe
Paris
M. Manxzel
Council
Gidevant
Prusian
France
Prussia
Lois XVI
Dad
Louis
Frs
Louris Avi
Louis XVI
Lutxniix
War Committee
Mérilral
Orleans
National Guard
Liberty
Maubeuze
Chartevillé
Mezieres
M. Albite
Rouen
M. Kerfaut
M. la Croix
M. Manuel
M. Danton
M. Aldite
M. Verguiaud
M. Caméon
Danton
Sentences from Marshal Leexner Letter in September Reading
The Sitting opened by the reading of Marshal Leexner s Letter purporting he never abandoned the post entrusted to him by his country. He described the suspicions, travels, and disputes with a bad Minister and La Fay et te, and his dismissal on mere suspicions later cleared by commissioners. He claimed abuse by volunteers at Chalons and defended his sons in foreign service while France faces frontier losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Mac Simonville
Turkey
France
Porte
Cazda
Cyprus
Thither
M. Sexvan
Marshal Leexner
Courtray
la Fayette
Paris
Martha
Chalons
Denmark
Tom
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Thomas Styles
John Doe
Bank of England
Richard Roe
L. S.d
Wodma
F. Pigou
Walter Ewer
Richard Lee
Durbar
R. Heiter
N.B. French
Qa Webster
Wedder
Robert Christieburn
Wmn
Hamilton de Vifme & Smith
Stephen Omeara
Thos
Pris C.E
J. Steers
Shea
J. Hadfield Thos. Blanc
John Walter
Rivz
A. Longman
R. Sheddon & Sons
John Tunne
T.S
Wm. Allen
Affairs OF France
National Convention
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