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Assassination, rebellion plots reach Yard of Bey in Tripoly
Postscript from the Hague Courant reports Affan Bey's assassination by seven men and the swift punishment. His son and five others wounded. two conspirators hanged with heads displayed, and more executions planned. Consuls of France Britain and Holland visit the Bey to express condolences and assure protection. News from Amsterdam, Lerma, and Cambray notes smallpox fears and congress prep. The letter adds police actions after a highway robbery and updates on nobles’ illnesses.
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Hague Courant
Tripoly
Ibrahim Triasky
Gianni Coggia
Rew
Holland
Armsterdam Gazette
Madrid
Lerma
Don Ferdinand
Don Carlos
Brussels
Count Windisgratz
Vienna
Cambray
Court of
Great Britain