Distant War News From Europe and Britain Evoke Mixed Signals
Letters from Holland and Germany discuss fears of renewed proposals to settle the war, with talk of a possible recall of a diplomat and replacements among officers. Reports from Paris and The Hague note military movements, allegiances, and supplies, including Dutch detachments and Spanish regiments, as well as negotiations over Aix la Chapelle and finances.
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Munich
Italy
Zealand
Hague
Horatio Walpole
Great Britain
Amtords
Coutier
Paris
Guastalla
Montpelier
Lombardy
de Belle-Shearsiv
Amay
on-the-Rhise
Marthal de Noailles
Maxihal de Coigny
Traly
London News From Paris on Royal Coach and Smuggling Raid
A Paris dispatch notes a costly royal coach for the Portuguese king, estimated at 7000 pounds. London updates report a midshipman’s discontent, a seizure of two waggon loads of tea and silks by Excise at Old Jewry, a barn raid near Ashford in Kent, clashes with smugglers, and casualties. Also listed are weddings, noble appointments, and various local notices including a new rector, landowner marriages, and a bridge project proposal with toll schemes and financing ideas.
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London
Paris
Portugal
Blackimere
Conduit-street
Hanover Square
Excise
Mark Kerr
Evans
Ashford
Kent
Brooks
Brookes
Excist
William Peete Williams
William Draké
Devon
Greenwich
Bithoy
Rochester
Leigtorer
Horatio Walpolé
Archhbishop
Cuaitesraity
John,Conajil
Hastingly
Robert Cumberland
Gabriel Tomkins
Ker
Henry’ Woodin
Dartford
Harry Resist
HawkGnore
Westminster
Blenheim
Oxfordshire
Hawksmore
Bristol
Brian Cooke
Wheatly
Yorkshire
Doncaster
George
Bryan Cooke
Charles I
Chart II
Henry
Henry Cooke
Bart
Diana Butler
Charles Butler
Lincolnshire
Sir George Cooke, Bart
Ald
Catherine
Godfrey Copley
Bast
Brian Gooke
Theast Baronet
Nicilla
Robert Squire
Scarboro
Tidle
George Cooke
Pogfet
Cleritti
Barnet
Epkins
Virginia
Tharaftow
Bigland
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Peace
Flanders
Holland
Nagiles
Kingdom of
Sicily
Senate of
Palérmo
States General
Eleor Palatine
Aix-la-Chatelle
Cardinal de Fleury
M. de Créil
Metz