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Great Duke of Tuscany Receives Court Officials
Florence Aug 20 reports the Great Duke entering the 76th year and receiving compliments from the court and foreign ministers. Admiral Burg, arriving from Leghorn, had audience with the Duke and the Great Prince as the health chamber seeks a physician to prevent contagion from Provence. Vienna notes further court moves, amid arrests and exiles. Paris details a bank arrest guiding specie payments. London dispatches cover port duties, a highway robbery, Ireland’s prorogation, a murder trial, a naval muster, and a South Sea Company general court promising a 30 percent Christmas dividend and 12 year installments.
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