London to Paris and Europe News Roundup 1736
Letters from Frankfort Venice and Warsaw report dubious grand vizier news and a Crimea victory rumor while Cantemir visits Compiegne and Waldegrave may travel to Hanover. Observations by North Pole astronomers praise London made instruments as Persian and Turkish moves unfold across Parma, Milan, Tuscany, and Belgrade. News from Petersbourg Leghorn and Naples details troops, armaments, and evacuations with imperial war preparations and Ottoman peace chatter. A letter from Swinnerton notes Dr Taylor’s cataract operation bringing praise and potential patients.
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Frankfort
Venice
Bender
Munich
Compiegne
Paris
Earl of Waldegrave
Hanover
France
North Pole
Torno
Laponia
London
Warsaw
Kaminieck
Count Larci
Dnieper
Petersbourg
Afuph
Weeropitz
Sophi
Persia
Leghorn
Theodore
Tuscany
Naples
Genoa
St. Peter
Arena
Lombardy
Barcelona
Vienna
Italy
Hungary
Futack
Empire
Wittgenau
Belgrade
Danube
Constantinople
Thamas Kouli Kan
Sophia
Incoherent Note on Investments and Personal Remarks
A fragmented historical entry recounts a person’s relief from pain and clear sight, mixed with fiscal references to South Sea stocks and bonds. It includes personal praise to a recipient, mentions a family connection, and lists various financial instruments such as South Sea Annuities, Bank products, Royal Exchange assurances, and Exchequer orders, all in an aside-prone, antiquated tone.
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New South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange
London
Dirco
Stockbridge Races Purse Notes and Entry Rules
Race details for Stockbridge on the 7th to 11th September with purses of twenty and thirty guineas, entry fees of one to two guineas, weight allowances, and three heats per day. Listings specify venues Swan Inn New Inn King s Head Waggen and Horses, seven days prior entry, and public housing constraints. Rules mandate subscribers, running horses only, and daily public display between twelve and eight.
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Northampton
Northampton Heath
C. Co
Peacock Inn
Surrey
N.B
D&c
Red Lyon
Egham
Chen
Galloways
Stockbridge
New Inn
King’s Head
Hounslow
Hounslow-Heath
Henrers
Red Lion
New Brentford
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Taylor
Brett
Swinnerton
Stone
Staffordshire
Liaad Liawshi
Cuenae
County of
Berks
Verduror
Forest of Windsor
William Angell
Binfeld-Place
Jouyn Darsy
St. Clement's
Strand
James Hopkins
Lombard-street
Bath
Evans Thomas and Company
Lisbon
Snerry
Mountain
Canary
Qeelen
Joseph Mays
Hale-Westor
Huntington
St. Neors
John Chapman
St. Neats
Robert Chartriss
Aldersgate Street