When was it published?

July 23, 1772 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News July 23, 1772

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Struensee, Brandt, Queen Matilda

Q: What keywords are associated?

Struensee, Brandt, Queen Matilda, Copenhagen, Arrests, Spies, Commissioners Of Inquiry

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

Hamburg letters report Danish ministry espionage in Copenhagen after Struensee's sentence publication, leading to arrests and examinations of public supporters of Struensee, Brandt, and Queen Matilda.

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Our Letters from Hamburg inform that as soon as the Commissioners of Inquiry had published both the Sentence and the Defence of Struensee the Ministry planted their Spies in all the Coffeehouses, and other Places of publick Resort, in the Town of Copenhagen; in Consequence of which Espionage every Person who had publickly spoken in Favour either of Struensee, Brandt, or the Queen Matilda, were the next Day taken up on Suspicion, and are severally to undergo their respective Examinations before the said Commissioners of Inquiry.

What sub-type of article is it?

Court News Political

What keywords are associated?

Struensee Brandt Queen Matilda Copenhagen Arrests Spies Commissioners Of Inquiry

What entities or persons were involved?

Struensee Brandt Queen Matilda

Where did it happen?

Copenhagen

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Copenhagen

Key Persons

Struensee Brandt Queen Matilda

Outcome

every person who had publicly spoken in favour of struensee, brandt, or queen matilda were taken up on suspicion and are to undergo examinations before the commissioners of inquiry.

Event Details

Letters from Hamburg inform that as soon as the Commissioners of Inquiry published the Sentence and Defence of Struensee, the Ministry placed spies in coffeehouses and other public places in Copenhagen; consequently, those who spoke publicly in favour were arrested the next day.