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Description: | Diary relates to fighting in Germany and in North America
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26 September comments on the progress of fighting in Germany
28 September comments on rumours that the Queen of Hungary has signed a treaty with Russia to secure Prussia to Hungary
28 September comments on the career of Colonel Coote
2 October notes the wrecking of an Algerian ship off the Coast of Cornwall and comments on British trade policy
5 October comments on the death of the Countess of Coventry: 'A beautiful flower, that disclosed and expanded itself in the sunshine of early admiration and was universally courted, gazed at, and pursued, for its inimitable lustre and fragrancy, but as it were in an instance of time, like the passing of a shadow...all its glories drooped, withered and died'
13 October 1760 notes receiving news of the King's death and comments on the character of the late King: '...if he was not one of the greatest, he was certainly one of the best monarchs, take him all in all, that ever sat upon a throne in any country'. | Subjects: | Country Estates Church Of England Parishes Religion & Beliefs | Temporal: | 24 Sep 1760-13 Oct 1760 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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