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Revolution in Sweden described and royal power rise
An eyewitness letter from Stockholm reports a swift royalist shift after Princes departed for the Queen’s arrival. A captain announced a revolt, the King mobilized life guards, and the Senate faced coercive pressure before the King assumed broader control. Reports note ambassadorial talks at St James's and Lisbon dispatches as implications unfold.
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Stockholm
Stralsund
Christianfadt
Prince Charles
Scania
Haz
Lord Rochford
St. James’s
Sweden
Lyttleton
Lisbon
Privy Council
Rochester
John Calcraft
Duke of York Packet
Boar
Dickinson
Dublin
Dorset
Parkgate
Earl of Harcourt
Earl of Powis
Bath
Barbara
Edward Herbert
William Marquis of
Richmond
Hayes
Hunter
Ellis Cranke
Robinson
Trinity College
Cambridge
Jacob Bunnin
Charles Read
Aldeburg
H. Rant
Wm. Wollaston
Ipswich
Theatre Royal
Covent Garden
Wailer
Montagueclose
Southwark
West Indies
Cox’s Key
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Margaret
Fordyce
Joseph Martin
Gatton
Surry
Lime-Street
Robbie
Mr. Norcup
Morgan Vane
Free Mason
Tucson
Hull
Baltic
Fife
Weymouth
Wandsworth
Old Bailey
Job Chapman
Richard Spratley
Stepney
Benjamin Rogers
Robert Ladbroke