French Court Debates Responding to Dutch Threats and War Talk
A Paris ministerial letter from January 19 discusses whether France should answer Dutch threats with arms or war. It notes factions favoring vigorous measures, while others oppose and seek restraint, referencing historical responses by William III and Louis XIV, and detailing ministerial shifts led by Maurepas and the Abbe de la Ville.
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England
United Provinces
Lewis XIV
Ing
William III
Lewis XV
Cardinal Tecin
Marshal Noailles
Counts de Maurepas
St. Florentin
d’Argenton
Marquis de Puyfieux
Puffer
Duke de Penthievre
M. de Puyfieux
Duelous secretary kills Captain in Folkstone
An account from Commodore Mitchell reports Captain Gregory of the Folkstone Man of War slain in a duel by his secretary who has fled. The Dutch 44 Gun man of war driven ashore by ice is aided off by Mitchell. Dutch captain and officers to face court martial. Other items note ship captures near Brest and Bayonne, drownings near Margate, and various appointments and deaths.
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Matthew Mitchell
Gregory
Flushing
Bently
Union
America
Margate Road
Nore
Baltimore
Havre de Grace
Brest
West Indies
Falcon
Plymouth
Palm
West-Indies
Webb
Hopewell
Kitching
London
Wilkins
Robert Dundafs
Scotland
Shire of
Edinburgh
Duncan Forbes
Lord George Manners
The
Guards
Marquis of Granby
Flanders
George Mason
Thomas Wilkins
Deceas
George Garnier the Younger
George Garnier
Lords of the Treasury
Cuthbert Manning
Isle of Guernsey
Pollard
Pemberton
St. Vedaft Foster Lane
Christ Church, London
Fahey
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Little Wakering
Essex
George Downing
Alderman Gascoyne
George Morrison
Leigh
Downing
Morrison
Peter St. Hill
Lock Hospital
Kent-street
Townsend
Stafford Crane
St. Bartholomew’s
City and Liberty of Westminster
Court- House
Westminster Hall
Locke
Pratt
Wood
Whitehouse
London Bridge
H.s.g
Lambeth Marth
William Newberry
Barham
Poultry Compter
William Taylor
John Jones
John Jones, Not Yet Taken, In Robbing Mrs. Barham
Audley-street
Grosvenor-Square
Newberry
Taylor
Horsham
James Burdet
John Smallwood
Black Jack
Kevenhuller
Richard Beaumont
Whitley
County of York
Harwood Chapel
Lancashire
Holt
James Hotchkis
Golden-lane
John Hodge
Anguilla
Bartlett
Holborn
Charles Grossman
Hedgelane
John Hudson
King’s Band of Musick
Southwark
Corderoy
Horsley-Down
Beware Fraudulent Bills And Sharpers In Trade
A letter urges readers to guard against a band of sharpers using fake bills to defraud customers. The scheme involves two or more thieves posing as respectable traders, presenting Bills drawn on others, then moving operations to new locations and disguising shipments to avoid detection.
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Portsmouth
R. W
T. P
J. R
Strand
W.C
Esquire
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