France and Holland fret over Paris declares war risk
Extract from the Hague letter warns that France’s squadron moves into America threaten a broader conflict within two years. Dutch officials fear open hostilities with England and seizure of German and Dutch territories. The quarrel with Liege adds to official perplexity as Mattreicht seeks guidance on Prussian troop incursion.
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Holland
France
America
Great Britain
Germany
Fliers
Bergue
Rtannick
Prussia
Juliers
Sultzbach
Monsieur
Hague
States General
Pritiid
Bihop
Liege
Mattheicht
Maitreicht
London News Roundup of War Prep and Local Arrivals
In London a broad dispatch details victualling contracts for 1806 oxen and 8000 hogs to supply Gibraltar, along with shifts in excise surveying and a court case. Admiralty orders appoint captains to several ships, while preparations at Portsmouth, Hounslow, and camps proceed. Paris reports riots over corn, and local elections and notable marriages, deaths, and appointments fill the week.
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Gibraltar
West Indies
Commissioners of Excise
Roach
London
Bristol
Revenue of
Cockpit
Whitehall
Lords Justices
Barzelles
Board of Admiralty
Thomas Osbourne
Prince of Orange
Robert Mastin
Litchfield
Robert Allen
Rochester
Trevor
Chichester
Peter, Orfbourne
SeneStae
Lord Forrester
Biddiford
Admiralty
Portsmouth
Sir Chaloner Ogle
Updiarfes
Fox Portsmouth
Aris
Hounslow
France
Great Britain
Paris
Earl of Waldegrave
Vintners Hall
Court of Aldermen
Glover
Alderman Godshall
Alderman Heathcote
Richard Sheppard
Southwark
Colchester
Brooksbank
Charles Savage
Elys
Alhallows Staining
Bristowe
Skinner
Cheapside
Farringdon
His Majesty’s Fiat
Nicholls
Westminster School
Westminster Abbey
Henry Barker
Edward Speed
Bread Street
Thomas Randall
Deceas
Geddes
Cape Coast
Fellows
Citizens Snow
African Company
Roger Jennings
Cambrdge
Soame Jennings
Eig
Turnaheel-Lane
Cannon-Street
John Rayment
Waltham St. Lawrence
Kerks
Burghuig
Jewit Henry, Grey, Ey
Readingn
Suppos
Geo Buacs
Lewivib