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Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1389
Title	Report containing foreign news, London; 9 Sep. 1703
Date	9 September 1703
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Provides diplomatic news from various places throughout Europe; reports that, following negotiations with the Netherlands, the Duke of Savoy has withdrawn his troops from the service of France; discusses events in the Italian States and the progress of the war [of Spanish Succession] throughout Europe; discusses the movements of the Duke of Marlborough and which armies are presently under his control; comments on business in the parliament at Edinburgh.
Term	intelligence, foreign reports
	diplomacy, between Netherlands and Savoy
	Scottish affairs, parliamentary business
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
Related Material	Note in typescript catalogue states that documents Pw2 Hy 1386-1399 are 'part of John Dyer's newsletters, rest in Portland [28] loan 29/359]'. Pw2 Hy 1386-1399

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29478	Vittorio-Amedeo II (fl 1675-1720); King of Sicily; Duke of Savoy 1685-1720; King of Sicily 1713-1718	fl 1675-1720
NA13806	Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford	1650-1722

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