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War rumors and royal tidings sweep through London
A long column of notices reports wagers on Queen Anne's War ending this year, marriages and births at court, political maneuvers in Barnstaple and London, sheriff elections, court verdicts, and international diplomacy. It mentions the Duke and Duchess of Kent heading to Wreift, Counts and ladies delivering heirs, smallpox danger to Theophilus Fortescue, and a brewing Baltic and Mediterranean stance between Britain, Spain, and Holland with reminders of colonial interests and treasury negotiations.
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Congreve
Legonier
Srend
Duke
Dutchess of Kent
Comtess of Portland
Wreift
Bedford
Laft
St. Ben
Patterson
King Street
Westminster
Bellew
Lord Bellew
Kingdom of Ireland
Dover-street
Frances Harpur
Duke of Ruuand
John Harpur
John
Barnstaple
Netterday
Guildhall
William Townsend
Robert Grosvenor
Elgis
Wighman
Anthony Lucas
William Cooper
Robert Pycroft
Ely
William Benn
S Q
Chamberlain’s
Bridge-House
King’s Bench
Cysil Wyche
Barthis
Lower Saxony
Ihia Holstein
Cannon-street
Willan Cracherode
New Palace- Yard
Exton
Taylor
Bish
Stephens
Hague
Count de Cambis
Brett
Pastis
London
Madrid
Debare
Joseph-dse la Quintana
Perpole
Georgia
Great Britain
Marquess de Villarias
Keene
South-Sea Company
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Fort Mahon
Pice
West- Indies
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