Intricate European Movements Mark Early 18th Century Dispatches
News letters from Petersbourg Vienna Madrid Berlin and Berlin describe shifting royal plans and envoy departures. Empress orders Grand Duke to travel. Count Bertucheff to Berlin as ambassador while Lubras to Sweden. Bavaria and Wirtemberg levy hay for frontier magazines. Archduchess Mary Anne departs for Bohemia. In Madrid talks of commerce with Sweden and Italy expedition. politic maneuvering over the King of the Romans and Ponsonby appointments. Obituaries note Archbishop Bolton of Cashell. Lord Netterville trial ends in acquittal. soldiers sail to Ostend.
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Moscow
Bertucheff
Berlin
Lubras
Sweden
Vienna
Oliver Wallis
Bavaria
Friedberg
Swabia
Empire
Brinn
Moravia
Mary Anne
Prince Charles of Lorrain
Bohemia
Silesia
Stutgard
Wirtemberg
Francfort
Versailles
Toulon
Italy
Marseilles
Barcelona
London Advertiser extracts on dogs and public notices
Ex tempore verse and ads report a runaway dog with a branded collar, satire on a political figure, and assorted appointments, deaths, marriages, transports, and civic notices. The item blends humor, official notices, naval promotions, and local happenings with named places such as Westminster and Greenwich Hospital.
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S. Daily Advertiser
Dublin Letters Patent Elevate Wingfield and Powerscourt Titles
His Majesty’s Royal Letter directs creation of Baron Wingfield in Wexford and Viscount Powerscourt in Wicklow for Richard Wingfield. Passages indicate Great Seal pending. Lord Lieutenant knights Thomas Denny of Tralee, a descendant linked to St Anthony Denny. Proclamations order regimental officers to post, else face punishment.
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Islington
Brown
Ely
Justice Brown
Gravesend
Flanders
Dublin
Admiralty
Balchen
Greenwich Hospital
John Jennings
Matthews
England
Vernon
London Infirmary
Haberdathers Hall
Denton
Lords of the Admiralty
Stephen Foster
Chatham Yard
John Rushout
His Majesty’s Navy
William Theed
Inswich
Sudbury
Suffolk
St. Edmund’s Bury
Lord Barrington
Grosvenor Street
Thomas Minors
Richard Minors
Hollinbury
Staffordshire
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Molly Elton
Eltron
Milk Street
Bologne
France
Thittlethwayte
Dover
Wadham College
Oxford
Westmintster
John Lloyd
S.G. B
Jesus College
Montgomeryshire
Feverstam
Kent
Allen
Rotherhithe
Laft
Cary Street
May
Strand
Canterbury
Holbourn
Mr. Devall
His Majesty’s Palace
Hampton Court
His Majesty
Acton
St. George
East India Company
Westminster
Ireland
Richard Wingfield
Stile
Baron Wingfield
Wexford
Powerscourt
Wicklow
Thomas Denny
Tralee
Kerry
Elys
St Anthony Denny
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Alderman Agar Installed Lord Mayor for the Year
York reports the ceremony as Mr. Alderman Agar takes the office of Lord Mayor for the coming year. The notice also notes the death of Captain Dawson near Middlethorp, famed for his role in the Dettingen campaign.
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Country News
York
Alderman Agar
Middlethorp
Dawson
Dettingen
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The
London Evening-Post
Petersbourg
Fun
Earl of
Berborough
John Ponsonby
Ponsonby
Richard Ponsonby
Theophilus Bolton
Cashell
Munster
Clonfert
Kilmacduagh
George I
Elphin
St. Warborough’s
William Tisdal
Lord Netterville
Oftend
London
Thomas Birch
F. R.S
St. Michael’s Woodstreet
Abbox
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