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News from Europe and London Marches Across 1700s Letters
Letters from Cagliari discuss Corn export blocks and a Sardinian insurrection to hinder Archduke forces sent to Barcelona. Paris reports Cardinal Galeazzi and Ragotski maneuvers, with talk of Hungarian unrest and Dutch treaties. Amsterdam faction fights over a new burgo-master, while Grisons proposes a defensive league. In Edinburgh Carnwath dies. Deal ships reach and depart. a fire at the Duke of Aumont’s London house devastates the premises. Dublin notes the Lord Primate near death and staff changes. Stock and commodity prices conclude with South Sea, Bank, and India shares.
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A-la-Main
Cagliari
Sardinia
Barcelona
Philip V
Vienna
Hague
France
Cardinal Gualtieri
Paris
Italy
Ragotski
Hungary
Netherlands
Rhine
Utrecht
Zinzendorf
Baron de Kirchner
Sieur Trip
Sieur Hacs
Sieur van Collen
Grisons
Aumont
Ormond-street
Chappe
Athes
Atreskelw
Hugh Parker
Chappel
Ligut
Kellum
Cadogan
Dublin
Ireland
Armstrong
Laffells
India