Turbaned Turkish March Threatens Albania and Macedonia
Belgrade reports alarm as 12000 Turkish troops march under Grand Signor orders to punish Albanian and Macedonian provinces for siding with the Emperor. Earthquakes shake nearby areas with minor damage. Naples notes a Dutch ship loss near Lifoon. Queen of Naples ill with smallpox. king rests at Portici. Quarantine delays from Leghorn due to Great Duke’s lax regulations.
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Albania
Macedonia
Lifoon
Sara Jacoba
Naples
Portice
Tuscany
Leghorn
Earl of Crawford Refuses Muscovite Service for British Crown
In Edinburgh on February 20 a letter from the czarina offered Crawford command in Muscovite service with regimental rank and funds, but he declined to serve any sovereign but Britain. He will campaign at his own expense against infidels under the Russian banner. He was in Kamaron near Buda and Vienna, now back in Vienna in good health. John Henderson named principal gaoler of the city gaol, succeeding James Cleland.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Earl of Crawford
Kamaron
Schur
Buda
Vienna
John Henderson
James Cleland
Obituary notices from Bristol and Norwich era deaths
Bristol reports the death of John Elbridge who leaves 5000 to the infirmary and funds a charity school on St Michael's Hill for poor girls. The Pembroke from Antigua wrecks near Mumbles with two survivors. Norwich notes the death of Anthony Parmenter senior alderman, former sheriff in 1706 and mayor in 1717 amid a year with three mayors.
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Bristol
John Elbridge
St. Michael’s Hill
Pembroke
George Greek
Antigua
Norwich
Anthony Parmenter
Alsterman
Lubbock
Bobbins
Parmenter
Election of an Alder man in Magdalen-street
Tuesday last, election in Magdalen-street room for alderman. Candidates were John Press, grocer, Sheriff in 1728, and John Wood, master weaver. Oak noted that Wood won by a large majority. Polls: Wood 331, Press 255.
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John Press
Magdalen-street
John Wood
Minehead Election Victory and Bath Society Notes
London letter notes Thomas Carew's landslide win in Minehead urged by Sir John Trevelyan and contrasted with Mr Dean's Dissenters support. Also reports Countess of Dorain hosting a Princess Mary birthday breakfast, Whitefield's Bath visit, a fantastical convention, and various obituaries and court notes including Lord Viscount Preston and Rev Dr William M Deyman.
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Bath
Minehead
Thomas Carew
Cracomb
John Trevelyan, Bart
Nettlecomb
Luttrell
John Worthily
Dean
Carew
Princess Mary
Countess of Deloraine
Mrs. Hayes
Whitefield
Spain
Biliz
Mediterranean
Hatfield
Yorkshire
Hubert de Rotherham
Foln de Ithen
Hell
Corell
Chambers
Stafford
Mate and Ridge
Staffordshire
Walter
Viscount Chetwynd
John
William Chetwynd
Charles Lord Viscount Preston
Kingdom of
Scotland
Richard Graham
Viscount Preston
Charles II
France
James II
England
Holt
Albion
King’s Bench
Anne Howard
Charles Late Earl of
Carlisle
Edward Lord Viscount Preston
Mary
Marmaduxe Dalton
Haxwell
County of York
Knt
Charles the Last Lord
Cox
Hendon
Middlesex
Aldesfgate-street
Countess of Peterborough
Brown
Litchfield-street
Vause
Hampshire
Palace-Yard
House of Peers
Strand
Walrex Jones
Upton Upon Severn
Sation
Lloyd
Worcester
London
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