Foreign Affairs Extract on Congress and Peace Talks
A letter from Aix la Chapelle dated Sept 27 discusses Allied plenipotentiaries at the congress, suspected secret dealings, and the balance of power. It notes British efforts to keep Catholic influence visible, hints at a pending definitive peace, and cites disputes over Parma Placentia, Roxolo, and Dutchies while forecasting delays and cautious optimism.
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Aix-la-Chapelle
France
Livonia
Germany
Parma
Placentia
Versailles
Great Britain
Hungary
Roxolo
Vienna
Spain
Richmond Robbed near Townton Turnpike in York
York Sept 20 report says Mr. Richmond a Sadler was robbed Wednesday near Townton Turnpike by a middle aged man on a bay mare supposed stolen from Mrs. Drake of Tadcaster. A pistol threatened him, money and a penknife were taken, and a blow with a whip followed. The same rogue attacked a Nottingham Carrier then fled as crowds gathered. A milliner’s shop in Petergate was looted of valuable goods, likely by the same gang. The villain is said to come from the South, with many regional robberies. Cattle distress near Middlethorpe noted, and a farmer’s match at Leeming Lane saw Bragg beat Buldero by two miles.
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York
Richmond
Sadler
Townton Turnpike
Petergate
Leeming Lane
Christopher Raper
Bragg
Mr. Walker
Buldero
Fire destroys Wenden in Livonia leaves sixteen houses
Reports from Petersburgh describe a August 14 fire in Wenden Livonia that razed the town from a cooper's shop to public and private buildings including churches and the High Chancellor palace. Dozens of substantial residents perished or left in want, while the Archives saved by the town clerk cost him his life. Other dispatches note Siberian mining progress, Denmark Norway customs reform, Barbary corsairs, Danish company expansion, Italian bank failures, peace celebrations at The Hague, and noble deaths and appointments.
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Petersburgh
Wenden
Livonia
Beftuchett Sumen
Siberia
North Sea
Archangel
Munich
Denmark
Norway
Jatt India
Jdanish Company
Tranquebar
Corsairs
Barbary
Italy
Sardinia
Cortes
Duke de Richlieu
Genoa
Genoa, and To the Marshal Belleile
Knights of Malta
Marseilles
Lyons
Levant
Paris
Hague
Ars-la-Chapelle
Hergen-op- Zoom
Letter from Fowey officer on Cape Florida wreck loss
Extract from a navy letter dated Charles Town South Carolina 26. The 7th of May we sailed from Jamaica seeking the Spanish Fleet meeting our ships off Cape Correntes. We captured a St Judea register ship with 6000 Fanaques cocoa hides and 17600 dollars. We later separated from the fleet, reached Cape Florida and were wrecked with our prize. crew saved by a New York snow and brought to this place.
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Fowey
Charles Town
South Carolina
Jamaica
Cape Correntes
Cape
St. Judea
Canaries
Figuera
Paulet
Virginia
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Chapelle
Count de St. Severin
Count de Caunitz
Thomas Robinson
Low Countries
Don Philip
Holland
Country-News
London
Lord Montfort
Horsheath Hall
Newmarket
Cambridgshire
Marquis of Wichdale
Duke of Portland
Privy Garden
Whitehall
Price
Lords of the Admiralty
John Pye
Corporation of the Amicabte
Serjeants Inn
Southampton
Lymington
Lambert
Guernsey
Anne of Emsworth
Hedges
Nantz
Deal
N. W
Dumville
Young
St. Christopher’s
Rochester
Halloron
Oporto
Kenton
Coke
Newfoundland
Friendship
Oxford
Leghorn
Sheerness
Grampus
Kitchen
Florentina
Rosenski
Wilson
Berwick
Dantzick
Robinson
Whitehaven
Good Intent
Lashley
Narva
Chester
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