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August 1724. Rome: James Stuart, the pretender, dismisses the earl of Mar, who has been betraying him to the English for years. The Pretender distances himself from Mar, marking a new chapter in Mar's political journey.

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4th of August 1724. Drapier's Letters: The Drapier's second letter, "A Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer, upon Occasion of a Paragraph in his News-Paper of Aug. 1st, Relating to Mr. Wood's Half-Pence", is printed, in response to the British Privy Council's testing of Wood's coin.

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August 1724. Rome: James Stuart, the pretender, dismisses the earl of Mar, who has been betraying him to the English for years. The Pretender distances himself from Mar, marking a new chapter in Mar's political journey.	8	michaelnoir
4th of August 1724. Drapier's Letters: The Drapier's second letter, "A Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer, upon Occasion of a Paragraph in his News-Paper of Aug. 1st, Relating to Mr. Wood's Half-Pence", is printed, in response to the British Privy Council's testing of Wood's coin.	2	michaelnoir