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Diverse 18th Century Dispatches From Europe and North Africa
A late 18th century miscellany reports the king’s health in Stockholen, Muscovite orders from Finland, and fleet movements at Cappel Shore. Genoa notes a near capture by English ships and plague outbreaks at Colongue and nearby villages. Rothes orders corporal punishment for deserters. Hague reports Sweden’s minister seeking regimental transfer and Holstein succession intrigue. Leghorn and Tunisian ports describe shipbuilding and quarantines. Paris notes court entertainments and a Turkish ambassador’s library visit, with Rome reporting papal illness concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uma
Finland
Abo
Cappel
Genoa
Becofto
Sicily
Spezia
Courrerat
Hague
William
Landgrave of
Philipstahl
Duke of
Holstein
Stockholm
Leghorn
Tunis
Tripoli
Janum Coggia
Paris A-la Main
Medina
Marquis d'Ariza
Paris
Duke de la Force
Council of Regency and Commerce
Oftner
Se. Genevieve
Abbey de St.Germain
St Honore
Prirtsy
Targny
Bothin
Rome
Teig
Peter
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