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Paris and Europe News Roundup From February 1720
Paris reports mourning for the King and illness in the royal family while Empress Dowager and Princess of Modena show measles symptoms. Stock markets and subsidies wobble as India Company subscriptions fall from 1320 to 1245. Cardn Alberoni arrives in Genoa with cautious plans, while Tuscan Duke Salviati to greet him. Treaties advance as Sweden and Prussia approve peace terms, and quadruple alliance talks unfold in The Hague. Paris issues monetary reforms and suspension of five percent bank bills. The India Company deliberations propose royal control of the bank, mortgage of company funds, and specific coin and bill rules for future payments.
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