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Paris intrigue and imperial letters in early French parliament
Yesterday's Paris dispatches reveal friction over who will fill the Chamber of Vacations during the upcoming adjournment. A series of Letters de Cachet are used to compel attendance and journal access, provoking mass exits as authorities push their preferred placement. Other items note Quebec unrest, ships from India, and deaths among nobility including Dolly Hylton.
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Grand Council
M. de Feugeres
Rouen
Feugeres
Evreux
Paris
Lamain
Quebec
Canada
Pavis
Peace
Duke of Bethune
India Company
Port Orient
China
Marseilles
Louis Genty-Conture
Gaeta
Salee
M. John Francis Marquis de Creil
Royal
M. de Lages de Cuilly
Cuilly
Distin
Ion