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Plague Anxiety and Royal News From Avignon to Paris
Notices from Avignon Paris and Dantzick describe plague fears and strict quarantines, with word of royal intrigues and a planned winter provisioning for the court. Reports also note the Empress Dowager Amelia’s splendid feast, a betrothal, and a proposed burial procession through St James's Park toward Westminster Abbey.
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Avignon
France
Rome
Loretto
Angona
Paris
Fulgas
Orleans
Cee
Martha Duke of
Berwick
Cincflot
Riga
Petersburg
Prince Menzikoff
Wilster
Cronflor
Amsterdam
St. Saphorin
Britain
Eugene
Hopland
Amelia
Bavaria
Empress Confort
Staremberg
Presburg
Elector of
Count Fagger
Pramburg
Prussia
Berlin
William
Harwar
Magdalen College
Oxford
Liberty of Westminster
Rotterdam
Duke of Montague
St. Lucia
St. ‘Vincent
Duke of Marlborough
St. James’s Park
Progessian
Pall-mall
Charing Cross
King-street
Westminster Abbey