Neutrality debate in the Republick and European power plays
Letter from the Hague argues against late neutrality amid France Britain Austria and Prussia, warning it would embolden France to seize Austrian lands while Britain’s trade safety remains uncertain. It weighs Holland’s gains from opposing Bourbon and predicts broader Empire shifts, including Sweden Bremen Verden hopes and potential Iceland fishery tensions, with domestic notices and seasonal races closing the survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Austria
Bourbon
Republick
Great Britain
Sicily
Holland
Elector of
Bavaria
Havania
Spain
Netherlands
Severn
Cumberland
Northumberland
Irish Sea
Dunkirk
St. Malo
House of Austria
Germany
House of Bourbon
East-Indies
West-Indies
Prussia
Denmark
Iceland
Prufsia
Pattons
Suckling
Sweden
Ormskirk
Lancashire
James Hunt
Church of Rome
Church of England
Jamaica
Joshua Thomas
Boyne
Chaloner Qple
Duncomb
Ely
Anthony Duncomb
Barford Sear
Salisbury
N.S
Warden
Bedfordshire
William Smyth, Bart
Ludlow
Shropshire
Fenton
Hunters
Velvets Cornwall
Pasfield Common
Braniston
Alexander
Tomlinson
Peach
Mr. Johnson
Goodier
Norfolk House
Duke of Norfolk
Gyllingbourg
Baron Sparr
Lestock
Vernon
Chaloner Ogle
Biddeford
Prarse
Virginia
Royal Ranger
Thomas Goodman
Barnstaple
Friendly Society
Thomas Tucker
Capes
Pearse
Court of Vienna Arms France in a political maze
Private intelligence claims the Court of Vienna may ally with France, inviting negotiations and shifting alliances. The text critiques rulers and counsellors, notes the danger of predetermining policy by power desires, and cites aphorisms on courtly deception and balancing interests.
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London
V—n—a
France
de Rohan
Sir John Suckling
Tacitus
Machiavel
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