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East India Company plans and Turkish and Dutch news
From April reports the Marble Directors of the East India Company are gathering in Vienna to seek imperial approval for their charter and powers to govern East and West Indies trade. Discourse mentions ships and subscribers, exclusive navigation rights for 30 years, and independent governance from the Low Countries. Additional notes describe Turkish fortifications near the Dnieper, Russian frontier garrisons, and war stores. Local items include hospital appointment, a Colchester man of war arrival, an election result in Hereford, a murder, and market quotes for stocks and bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East and West India Company
Merquis de Prie
Vienna
Colebrook
Amserdam
Gawain
Ostend
East Indies
Affrica
Asia
Japan
West Indies
North
South America
South Sea
China
Low Countries
Aryethee
Amsterdam Courant
Hamburg
Turku
Dnieper
William Green
Afistane-Sup Gobn
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Nathaniel Smith
Deceas
Colchester
Lisbon
Ahon
Ireland
James Wahayingy
Eig
John Price
Efy
Wallwyn
Price
James Sandy
Waterman
Larhbeth
Getuyntd
Croydon
West-Indies
Martinico