Despatches From Europe And The Levant 1741
Reports from Paris Dublin and Edinburgh recount French cavalry actions at Valfre and Boufflers detaching units to chase the enemy. A Turkish embassy gifts lavish treasures to the king of France while English Domination and Carthagena losses alarm Spain and provoke royal anxiety across Britain. Dublin also notes a murder case trial and local political ceremonies in Galway. Scotland records a lord provost election and a rector’s sermon on divine justice. An ecclesiastical letter from Cadiz laments Spanish weakness and European war.
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Duke de Bouffers
Valfre
Theo
Eugene
Kevenhuller
Danube
Paris
Count de Tefflin
Sweden
Marseilles
Grand Signior
Seraglio
Scotland
Edinburgh
Thomas Lord Erskine
Hopetoun House
Charlotte Hope
Earl of
Hopetoun
William Brodie
Spain
Carthagena
Haddock
Gibraltar
Emanuel de la Rosario
Merquinez
Cadiz
Indies
Don Philip
Italy
Europe
Alexander Webster
George Halyburton
Lord Provott
John Coats
John Wilson
Mark Sandilands
Robert Baillie
Thomas Crokat
David Inglis
Mr. Webster
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Turffbog Cover Story Adds Bodkin Details
In Dublin a report extends the prior note on the taking of Mr. John Bodkin. He was found wearing an old hat and shepherd’s clothes, with his lacéd hat and coat buttons. Examined by Lord Athenry, Bodkin denied involvement in his brother’s murder and gave a brief statement.
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Oliver
Redmond Burke
Clonewadoge
Tuam
John Bodkin
Dominick Lynch
Ripp
Dominick
Mr. Lynch
Galway
Bodkin
Dublin
Limrick
Cork
Blakeney
Guize
Scotland
St. Clair
Peter Maturin
Killalla
Ireland
Lord Athenry
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