War prep and royal dispatches across Europe in January
Reports from Copenhagen Rome Magdebourg and Hague note military preparations and political moves. Denmark readies for defense against pirates while royal appointees shape foreign policy. A Berlin envoy arrives as Vienna appoints a chargé d affaires, signaling shifting alliances.
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Prince de Bade Deurlach
Copenhagen
Louisa Augusts
Half-India Company
North America
Denmark
Rome
Naple
Cagliottra
Busine
Palermo
Cagliottro
Li Don
Naples
Marquis de Marco
Ie Houshold
Aon
Sta
Saxe-Weilar
Prince of
Bender
Kretichetnikoff
Vili
Laves
Moldavia
de Winter
Ribas
Afkerman
Magdebourg
Louvain
Antwerp
Namur
Flanders
Tierlimon
Gembloux
Brabant
Babylon
Hague
Berlin
Vienna
Fitzherbert
Madrid
Probing Survey Plans After Fire And Robbery Near Hawick
Scotland Jan 30 1839 report notes Robert Whitworth arriving in Kelso to survey the country. A mill at Weensland Hawick owned by Robert Sorakis was burned. A Hawick Langholm mail post-boy was robbed and bound by a footpad at Wraewood. mail letters not recovered. The boy later injured himself in a shooting accident while returning to the Hawick inn.
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Edinburgh
Robert Whitworth
Kelso
Weensland
Hawick
Robert Sorarkis
Langholn
Wraewood
Langholm
Pavis
Marquis de Favrases
France
Netherlands
Marquis de la Fayette
M. Necker
M. Bailly
Vlace de Louis
Marquis de Favras
Roucny
Paris
England
Club Des Im Partiaux
Duke de la Rochefoucault
British Museum
New-Holland
Cooke
Bougainville
Arthur Young
Ireland
Vale of
Glamorgan
Wales
Campbell
Lord Carlisle
Thane
Cawdor
Scotland
Pembrokeshire
Stairpool
George II
West of England
Piccadilly
Spitalfields
Lyons
Blake
Hangerford
Weather Breeds Destruction as Storm Strikes Town
Report describes severe wind and snow from Monday through midweek, with hurricane-force gusts on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Several houses sustained roof damage and residents faced a harsh, stormy spell.
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Glaseon
Parliament News and Royal Navy Movements in Early February
Reports from the House of Commons on accounts and debtor relief measures, and multiple committee decisions on taxes and supply. A royal naval procession for Prince Edward accompanying a Gibraltar voyage is described, along with court news on marriages, political clubs in Paris, and various public notices including thefts and local incidents.
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Rofe
Burress
Gilbert
Rafe
Marquis of Graham
Mir
Marian
Prince Edwar Reddam
Portfm
Admiral Aptains
Tee Eee
Spithead
Re Ptrice
Southampton
St. Helens
Crauford
Duke of York
Prince Edward
Gibraltar
Duke of Clarence
Captain Roberts
George Spencer
Charles Spencer
Elizabeth Spencer
Duke of Marlborough
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Morant
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Elo
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Ball
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Cambridge
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Mary Anne Kirke
Robert Kirke
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S. Sea
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Aurila
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Pall-mail
Church of England
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Worcester
Glocester
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Lord Birh
Oxford
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