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Public Ledger in London, Middlesex

12 Oct 1761

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Public Ledger

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 12, 1761

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2

97 Percent Letters Reflect War Preparations Across France

The letters from Paris via Holland suggest France prepares for wide conflict. Ministers push heavy taxes funded by Meth Paris de Montmiutel and De la Borde. potential Spanish marriage to a French princess. rumours of a Franco Spanish offensive treaty with ships and money. Court life and court promotions feature prominent figures as chatter on ports, resignations, and theatre moves circulate.

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Paris Holland France Paris de Montmiutel de la Borde Europe M. Ruffy M. Stanley Louvre Spain England Madame Victoire Cardinal Tempi Sacred College Brooke Earl of Northumberland Earl of Egremont Piccadilly Willoughby de Brooke St. James’s Duke of Ancaster Westminster Hall Countesses Portsmouth Dundonald Marchioness of Carnarvon Guadaloupe Martinico Elliot Drury-lane Dublin Messrs Barry and Woodward Theatre Royal Crow-street Woodward Coopers Winchester
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Knighthood for William Fleming and Postmaster General changes

The Darty Register reports His Majesty knighted William Fleming of Norwich. The Postmasters General promote Mr. Foxcraft of Williamsburgh to Joint Postmaster General with Benjamin Franklin. Further items note a vice chancellor nomination, smugglers, a suspected marriage scandal, highway robbery, burglaries, and various obituaries and notices across London and nearby towns.

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William Fleming Norwich Foxcraft Faugnier Williamsburgh America Benjamin Rancklin Walliam Blunter Browne Queen's College, Oxford Earl of Westmorland Dungeness Post Office Grosvenor-square Friendly Boothby Whitechapel Baldero Errington South Sea House Bald Ero Ware Hafield St. Alban’s Cheshunt Loc Sandys Hoddesdon Hertford Ware Road Gwen Bread-street Bell Yard Temple Ber Strand Charles Moorhouse Bank
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