Pope's Death Rumor Sparks Conclave Prep In Rome
Paris reports the Pope died on the 6th instant and Cardinal de Rohan ordered equipages ready for the Conclave. Also noted are the death of Prosper Bauyn Danger Vivieres in Marly and the aging Marquess de Breteuil as his successor. Reports from Hamburg and Denmark describe heavy snow, frozen Seine, and costly Lent provisions. Fo reign birds near Abbeville and a violent storm at Orange are mentioned.
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Rome
N.S
House of Corfini
Florence
France
Marly
Marquess de Breteuil
Caminges
Hamburgh
Denmark
Elsineur
Sweden
Paris
Abbeville
Orange
Avignon
Linen Cloth Improvements in Scotland and Local News
Edinburgh reports linen cloth manufacture from 1738 to 1739 with yardage and value figures showing substantial gains. Teviotdale notes storms easing for sheep farmers. The Hon. Mr. Charles Exskine’s son dies at Edenthead. A curling match in Nithsdale features wives versus young girls with the wives prevailing. Many recruits join sinecure regiments, as tradesmen face starvation.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Teviotdale
Charles Exskine
Edenthead
Hows
Earl of Buchan
Skarr
Nithsdale
Tinton
Wette
England
Court and social notices from London society and military
Last night the Duke and two eldest Princesses attended a Hay Market ball with the Prince and Princess of Wales. Admiralty reshuffles appointing captains and regiments for America, while lodgings fill with marriages and obituaries. Winners and losers mingle as trades, titles, and fortunes shift in this bustling snapshot of court life.
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London
Prince and Princess of Wales
Solomon Merrety Ely
Mediterranean
Stationers Company
Lords Commissioners
Admiralty
Aubrey Beauclerk
Dolphin
Wemouth
Trefusis
Vincent
St. Alban’s
James Cornwall
Weorly
Holbourn
Tryal
Lord Aubrey Beauclerk
Mitchell
His
America
Newark
Blakeney
Ireland
Gugat
Britain
New York
Brewer
George Brewer
Great Marlow
Bucks
Clayton
Gibraltar
Arthur Forster
John Forster
Stonegarthside
Ely
Royal Regiment of Welch Fuzileers
Gol
Newshim Piers
Francis Toplady
Humphreys
Deceas
John Montagu
Earl of Sandwich
Dover- Street
House of Peers
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The
London Evening-Post
Earl of Scarborough
Duke of Richmond
John Spencer Colepeper
Inner-Temple
Amsbrose Eyre
Silvester Bolton
Newcastle Upon Tyne
St. Paul's
Elstod
St. Martin’s Church
Carter
Hay-Market
Burnham
Lifle-Street
William Blackston
Fleet-Street
Webb
Bithoryace- Ward
John Ruth
Streetly
Berks
Fleet
Strand
Vane
Lord Barnard
Dixon
Charter-House Square
John Iremonger
Chelsea
Morerison
Redcross Street
William Holmes
King
Houndsditch
Lombardstret
Strede
Vanderlin
Black-Fryars
Clements-ton
Enjamian Gritin
Thames
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