Paris papers reveal stalled Luneville talks and armistice breach
London reports from Paris summarize official notes on Luneville negotiations and renewed hostilities if peace preliminaries fail. Angereau’s treaties with Rhine princes are partly ratified. Isenburg recognized, and Prussia–Berlin influence noted. Hamburgh reports cite Prussian limits on troops. Grodno and Dantzig locations spark talk of a Paul–Louis meeting.
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London
Paris
Artinft
Luneville
Gobentzel
Girardin
Tribunate
Joseph Buonaparte
Zurich
Diplomatic Drift Toward Brussels From Berlin Dispatch
Berlin telegram notes Sprentpoften departs for Brussels and then to Pales on a mission from Russia to the French government. It claims overtures between Paris and Moscow test the balance of power, presenting generous good offices by two great nations seen as guiding Vienna and others. The dispatch hints at cautious, strategic moves amid European diplomacy.
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Berlin
Sprentpoften
Brussels
Pales
Russia
Copful
Pauli Ta Een
Viet
Prussia
Prussian Troops to Occupy Cruxhaven in Protest
Berlin Gazette reports an army of neutrality will seize Cruxhaven with Prussian troops after Hamburgh senate hesitates to yield a Prussian vessel captured by an English corsaire. Troops to be at Cruxhaven on the 24th. London cabinet apologizes for the capture, promising immediate restitution.
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Cruxhaven
Hamburgh
Berlin
Cabinet of
London
Crixhaven
Armistice Sets Six Day Truce After Convention
Frankfort reports a six day armistice agreed after a convention between Generals Angereau and Simbichen. Hostilities pause until November 28 on the Mein, when Mo reau and Archduke John are to begin.
Providence Fire Ravages Town and Albany Mills
From Providence dated January 22 and New-York January 27 reports a devastating blaze burning thirty houses and stores since morning. Names of affected merchants appear alongside assessments of damages estimated at 500000 dollars with many families left homeless. Albany fire at Caldwell Fraser Co manufactories destroyed extensive stock and machinery while some stock was saved.
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New-York
Providence
John Corlis
Samuel Arnold
Thomas L. Halsey
John T. Clark
Green and Barker
Olney
W.n. W
Albany
Watervliet
James Caldwell
Caldwell, Fraser, & Co
Caldwell
Griswold Nomination for Secretary of War Debated
Alexandria reports January 31 that Roger Griswold was nominated for Secretary of War. February 2 notes Griswold allegedly declined the post. The President sent a message to Congress with accounts for contingent government charges for 1800 showing Shaw’s mission to Mount Vernon expended from a 20,000 dollar appropriation.
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Alexandria
Roger Griswold
Senate
United States
House of Representatives
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