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Document ReferencePw2 Hy 1393
TitleReport containing foreign news, London; 18 Sep. 1703
Date18 September 1703
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionProvides diplomatic and military news from various places throughout Europe, especially as relates to the war [of Spanish Succession]; reports that an abbot has been imprisoned in Spain for producing a copy of a pretended treaty between the Duke of Savoy and the Emperor; refers to news from Paris regarding the situation in the Iberian Peninsular; discusses events in the Scottish parliament regarding the granting of Royal assent to various acts which passed through it; discusses news from Dublin regarding the elections there.
Termintelligence, foreign reports
treaties, fake, Holy Roman Empire and Savoy 1703
Scottish affairs, parliamentary business, royal assent
elections, Dublin 1703
wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
Related MaterialNote 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

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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA29478Vittorio-Amedeo II (fl 1675-1720); King of Sicily; Duke of Savoy 1685-1720; King of Sicily 1713-1718fl 1675-1720
NA30070Leopold I (1640-1705 ); Holy Roman Emperor; ( succ. 1658)1640-1705
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