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Compiegne Letter Reports Corsican Matters and Diplomacy
July 29 dispatch notes M A melor seeks royal stance on Corsican convents after a convention with Corsican malcontents. Waldegrave meets Fleury to discuss Madrid London rifts while St Gilles press seeks Dutch favor. Reports claim Infante Don Philip may become Corsican king with new Italian lands. Baron de Newhoff cited as influencing Corsican sentiment. Liberty of a Naples prisoner described as protection. East Hague dispatches deny Cadiz expedition orders targeting Turaccao. Britain’s reprisals opposed by St Gilles faction.
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M. Amelor
Marquess de Maillebois
Corsica
Versailles
Paris
Infante
Don Philip
Italy
Baron de Newhoff
Gaeta
Naples
Marck
Landau
Cardinal de Fleury
Hague
Great Britain
Marquess de St. Gilles
Republick
Maruels de
Holland
Cadiz
West Indies
Turaccao
Spain
London
Williams
Ireland
Foot Guards
Regiment of
Queen-street
Goldens Square
James Pringle
Lord Pormore
Guards
St. Jamies’s
Marquess of
Graham
Earl of
Lords of the Admiralty
Hooke
Portland
Byng
Sunderland
Vernon
Portland Road
Lisbon
Oporto
Downs
Jamaica
Aly