Voyage of the Venus brings Duke of Gloucester to Leghorn
Reports from London and Florence describe the Venus frigate arriving at Leghorn with the Duke of Gloucester on board. The duke politely declined the governor’s arms parade but was hosted by officials and the British Factory. Other items note the duke’s illness and recovery, a Guildhall entertainment, crime notices, promotions, marriages, and obituaries.
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London
Florence
Poggio A Caiano
Duke of Gloucester
Count Thurn
Leghorn
St. James’s
William Hunter
Pisa
Rome
Guildhall
Poultry Compter
Cornhill
Smith
Lincolnshire
Nottingham
Mary Shepherd
Kirkton
Abraham Moses
Harwich
Chelsea
Halland
Hardis
Amport
Hants
Bargham
Sussex
Gatton
Earl of Tankerville
Emma Colebrooke
James Colebrooke, Bart
Brettell, Brazier and Smith
Mount-street
Grosvenor-square
Hallett
Newman-street
Oxford-road
St. Kitt’s
Giles Payne
Bitt
Winchmore-hill
Thomas Tashmaker
Edmonton
Poyntz
Lady Spencer
Chesterfield-street
May Fair
Thomas Ludwell
Windsor
Anne Dixon
Long-lane
Mr. Benson
York Buildings
Dottor Delany
Polish and Turkish slave redemption and European dispatches
Mail from Holland reports the Lady Antoinetta Blonika and her son Ignatius freed from Turkish slavery by Trinitarian Monks at a cost of 10 600 Polish florins. Monks seek to redeem another son and two daughters. Archduke Ferdinand’s marriage to Princess Beatrice D Est noted in Milan. 130 French officers seek to join the Confederates at Teschen. Plague spreads between Constantinople and Adrianople. Bohemia’s dire situation and Emperor's crackdown on corn monopolists. Prague magazines stocked for two years. Copenhagen reports a Russian warship near Ystadt. Potatoes banned from export in the province under penalty.
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Holland
Warren
Antoinetta Blonika
Ignatius
Constantinople
Vienna
Milan
Archduke Ferdinand
Maria Beatrice D
Teschen
Ottoman Empire
Adrianople
Bohemia
Hurghy
Prague
Hamburgh
Copenhagen
Petersburgh
Ystadt
Scania
Plague Quarantine Ordered for English Ports from Russia
His Majesty in Council orders a forty day quarantine for ships and goods arriving from Archangel Petersburgh Narva Riga or other Russian ports. The measure aims to prevent infection from Moscow and Russia reaching the kingdom and the Channel Islands. Quarantine starts when ships anchor at designated stations and applies to Jersey Guernsey Alderney Sark Man and other English shores.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Isles
Jersey
Guernsey
Alderney
Sark
Man
Archangel
Petersburgh
Narva
Riga
Rusia
Conversation Between Jemmy Twitcher and Lords Falkland War
London Evening Post reports a dialogue among Jemmy Twitcher Lord Falkland and Lord War-tec. The exchange touches on political factionalism and courtly intrigue, with sharp jibes and claims of influence in the royal circle.
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Jemmy Twitcher
Falkland
War-tec
Petition invites Holt nomination at Stowmarket meeting
To the gentlemen clergy and freemoulders of the county of Leftel seven hundred are asked not to misstate votes until a general meeting at Stowmarket for the nomination of Mr. Holt who served nine years in Parliament with honour and integrity and whose friends are urged to attend.
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Stowmarket
John Rous
Holt
Lottery notice from Hazard's Lottery Office draws November eighteenth
Not two blanks to a prize. Prizes paid at this office per act of Parliament. Shares sold at this office stamped with the crown. Letters post paid answered. Schemes gratis. Lottery begins drawing November eighteenth. Bank India and South Sea stocks with annuities, India Bonds, Navy and Victualling Bills and all government securities bought and sold by commission.
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ARTYN
Lloyd's
Pope’s-Head
Cornhill
N.B
Faki
India
Public notice of share tickets and prize drawings
Correspondents may obtain tickets and shares sent to any part by remitting good bills at sight on London terms. Tickets and shares are registered at 6d each. Begins drawing Nov 18. No two blanks to a prize. Letters post paid duly answered.
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Hazard, and Co
Royal Exchange
Earliet
Great Britain
Ichards and Co
Bartlett
Hatton Garden
Holborn
London
Pott
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Thames and
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Standgate Creek
House of Commons of Ireland
Deal
Wentworth
Dunn
Granades
John
Bates
Whitby
Miller
Liverpool
Portsmouth
Brittain
L. Warf
France
L. Falk
War-fec
England
I’rance
Spain
Bristain
Falk
Gibraltar
Jemmy
Amco
L. Fala
County of
Suffolk
Henham-hall
The
London Evening Post
William Martin
Leftel
City of London
St. Lawrence
Robert Evans
M.A
J. Almon
Burlington-hous
Piccadilly
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