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Turbulent 18th Century War News and Publications Briefs
Reports from London and Amsterdam detail funding for the empire and troop movements amid European tensions. The Empire seeks four million crowns and a million florins, with Hungary and Catalonia adjustments under negotiation. Onslow and allied ships return from Gibraltar as Parliament prorogues. Advertisements announce Boileau Despreaux and Samuel Johnson works, with pricing and publishers listed.
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Hungary
Rhine
Amsterdam
Count Zinzendorf
Catalonia
Italy
Propos
Mary Hill Morton
Newgate
Duke of Leeds
India
Monfr
Nicholas Boileau Despreaux
Racine
le Clerc
Paris
Mr. Ozel
E. Curll
St. Dunstan’s
Fleet-street
Montr. Boileau
Joseph Addison
N. Rowe
Mr. Rowe
Dick Estcourt
Spectator
London
Westminster
Samuel Johnson
William Lord Ruffel
J. Darby
Bartholomew-Close
Andrew Bell
Cross-Keys
Cornhill
Kath
Sanger
Middle Temple
Fleetstreet
Nath
Cliff
Dan
Jackson
Cheapside
Mercers Chapel