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Catalogue description Printed fragment on the state of Europe, 1707. Subjects include: Trade and Commerce;...
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| Reference: | SP 35/2/46 |
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| Description: |
Printed fragment on the state of Europe, 1707. Subjects include: Trade and Commerce; shipping; the current situation in France and the birth of Prince Frederick Louis to the Electoral Princess of Hanover [Caroline of Ansbach] and Prince George of Hanover [future King George II]. Enclosure: Manuscript sermon by Humfrey Michel, expounding his belief that James Francis Edward Stuart cannot be a legitimate son of James II; mentions story of substitute baby being brought to Mary of Modena's bed in a warming pan. Draws similarities between the reign of King George and the life of Jesus. Decries, amongst others, conventicles, Jews, Presbyterians, Independents, and Anabaptists as 'King-killing' 'Audacious Dogs'. Condemns 'Popish' conspiracies: 'Hatched by King Belzebub's [Beelzebub] Privy Council in Hell!' Possibly seized at the time of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion. |
| Date: | [?1715/1716] |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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