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Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1392
Title	Report containing foreign news, London; 16 Sep. 1703
Date	16 September 1703
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Provides diplomatic and military news from various places throughout Europe, especially as relates to the war [of Spanish Succession]; speaks of a dispute at Rome, whereby some cardinals attempted to persuade the Pope to grant the title of Prince to his brother Don Brace?; reports on the limited military news from Italy and several German speaking states; discusses news from The Hague regarding the siege of Limbourgh and other related military campaigns.
Term	intelligence, foreign reports
	disputes, religious, Pope v Cardinals
	Papacy, disputes, nepotism
	religious affairs, nepotism
	sieges, Limbourgh 1703
	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
	military campaigns, Italian States 1703
	military campaigns, Low Countries 1703
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
NA30069	Brace?; Don (fl 1703); brother of Pope Clement XI	fl 1703
NA30065	Clement XI (1649-1721); Pope; (Giovanni Francesco Albani; Pope from 1700)	1649-1721

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