When was it published?

May 6, 1763 in The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Foreign News May 6, 1763

The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Q: What keywords are associated?

Germany Peace Treaty, Empress Queen, King Prussia, Duchy Cleves, Lusatia Sileia, Leipic Ratifications

Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

A peace treaty was signed on the 2nd instant in Germany, ceding part of the Duchy of Cleves to the Empress-Queen in exchange for Lusatia and Upper Silesia to the King of Prussia. Ratifications arrived in Leipic on the 5th, and the peace with Prussia and Poland was signed and published there on the 14th.

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A private Letter from Germany by the last Mail advises, that a Treaty of Peace was signed the 2d Instant, by which the Dutchy of Cleves, as far as the Side of the Banks of the Rhine, is to be given to the Empress-Queen, in lieu of which Lusatia, and the two Principalities of Upper Sileia, are to be yielded to the King of Prussia.

Several Letters from different Parts of Germany, give positive Accounts that the Ratifications of the Peace signed by the Empress-Queen arrived at Leipic the 5th Instant, and that on the 14th the Peace between the Empress Queen and the Courts of Prussia & Poland, was actually signed and published there.

What sub-type of article is it?

Diplomatic War Report

What keywords are associated?

Germany Peace Treaty Empress Queen King Prussia Duchy Cleves Lusatia Sileia Leipic Ratifications

What entities or persons were involved?

Empress Queen King Of Prussia

Where did it happen?

Germany

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Germany

Event Date

2d Instant; 5th Instant; 14th

Key Persons

Empress Queen King Of Prussia

Outcome

duchy of cleves (to rhine banks) given to empress-queen; lusatia and two principalities of upper sileia yielded to king of prussia; peace signed and published between empress-queen, prussia, and poland

Event Details

Private letter advises treaty signed 2d Instant with territorial exchanges. Ratifications arrived Leipic 5th Instant; peace with Prussia and Poland signed and published there 14th.