News From Pisa and Corsica from the Year 1700 Era
The mail from Holland reports Aron de Breitewitz a general of the Emperor's service arriving in Leghorn on November 16. He conferred with Duke Montemar about cession of Naples and Sicily to Don Carlos, awaiting further dispatches from Vienna. Orders arrive for Spanish troop departure, but execution waits on courier returns. Theodore near Digna, Corsican advices say things proceed as ordered. Balogna district emissaries to Bastia face mass interruptions. In Gibberish, cargo theft in Balogna island is halted as Captain and crew, aided by local authorities, recover wine and citron, with little provisions aboard. St. Andrew's Day saw a Masonic Lodge election naming William St. Clair Grand Master in Scotland.
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Aron de Breitewitz
Duke de Montemar
Naples
Sicily
Don Carlos
Vienna
Spain
Count Khevenhuller
Tuscany
Leghorn
Baron Breitewitz
Theodore
Digna
Pisa
Corsica
Balogna
Bastia
Republick of
Genoa
Caracani
Campbel
Stonefield
Inverary
St. Andrew’s
Scotland
Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons
St. Mary’s Chapel
Wm.St.Clair
Rolin
The Three Brothers Cast Away Off Argylshire Coast
The brigantine Three Brothers, Benjamin Kierstead master and owner, from Funehall for Lordan with wine and cargo, was driven toward the Argylshire coast after a foggy voyage from October 18. Striking rocks near Gigha and Kintyre, with no cable and no room to escape, the crew faced certain peril amid raging storm and landlocked seas.
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Edinburgh
Gigha
Argylshire
Benjamin Kierstead
New York
Funehall
Iland
Madera
Lordan
S.W
Ireland
Fence
Kintyre
Made Wines Not Liable to Double Duty, Berks Justices Decide
Reading December hearing before Richard Pottenger and John Watts of Berks County Justices. Thomas Merfham jun executors and Thomas Merfham with Peter Body and Edward Turner faced excise charges for double duty on made wines called Sweets. After two hours, the court ruled made wines are not within the denomination Sweets, hence not liable to double duty.
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Country News
Reading
Richard Pottenger
John Watts
Berks
Thomas Merfham
Deceas
Peter Body
Edward Turner
Hammet
Key
Gold Box Delay Keeps Lord Mayor From Prince of Wales Britain
London report notes the Gold Box not yet finished delays the Lord Mayor and Aldermen from receiving the Prince of Wales with the Freedom of the City. It recalls past monarchs who became Free men and Masters of their Companies such as Charles I James II and William III who were entered as Masters in Grocers Company after the Revolution.
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London
Prince of Wales
K. Charles I
K. James
K. William III
Grocers Company
Parish and Noble News From London Parliament and Court Minutes
Reports from London recount Sir Charles Peers resisting resignation as Alderman of Tower Ward amid a rising country interest at the Parliament meeting. Visitors include Thomas Horner and Peter Bold MPs, with the King’s expected Hanover arrival noted. Royal family events span Princess Louisa’s birthday and a St James's season gathering. Local obituaries record Catherine Brisco of Aldenham, John Harford senior, and Anthony Keck Ely, with Keck’s fortune bequeathed to his granddaughter Mary James. A marriage at Somerset House unites Vernon of the Middle Temple with Miss Nicol. Rev Frederick Williams mentioned as well.
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Charles Peers
Tower Ward
Thomas Horner
Efy
Thomas Duncomb
Rippon
Helvoetiluus
Hanover
Holland
Duke
Amelia
Carolina
Mary
Louisa
Kensington
St. James’s
Duke of Cumberland
John Philips
Regiment of Dragoons
Gore
Newcastle Court
Temple Bar
Catherine Brisco
Aldenham
Hertfordshire
Edward Brisco
Organ Hall
Efys
Deceas
Brisco
Cofton
Cumberland
John Berkley
Stockbridge
Hampshire
Lord Berkley
Stratton
Bath
Trigg-Stairs
John Harford
Anthony Keck
Ely
Fleet-street
Bloomsbury Square
St. George
Bloomsbury
Lamb’s Conduit Fields
Mary James
Somerset House
Ghayle
Nicol
John Nicol
Highwood Hill
Hendon
Middlesex
Lord Trevor
Frederick Wiliams
William Peere Williams
Long Luton
County of
Lincoln
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