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Folio 84: G Newmann [Swann's new secretary] to Williamson. Swann attending election...

Catalogue reference: SP 82/11/84

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This record is about the Folio 84: G Newmann [Swann's new secretary] to Williamson. Swann attending election... dating from 1668 Feb 25/Mar 6 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Hamburg and Hanse Towns. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 82/11/84
Date
1668 Feb 25/Mar 6
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Folio 84: G Newmann [Swann's new secretary] to Williamson. Swann attending election of new burgomaster and jousts following it. Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg have recently met in council at Brunswick with several deputies of neighbouring princes present and Swann has it 'from a good hand' that they are considering to enter the defensive league lately concluded between England and Holland; it is believed that rest of German princes will apply for inclusion. Conflagration has consumed large portions of Vienna's imperial palace; Empress dowager escaped narrowly, Emperor and Empress have taken refuge at Capuchin convent.

Date and Place: 1668 Feb. 25/Mar. 6 Hamburg

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