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Letter about delivery of correspondence across the Atlantic. Colonel Fr [Francis]...

Catalogue reference: SP 63/369/79

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This record is about the Letter about delivery of correspondence across the Atlantic. Colonel Fr [Francis]... dating from 1713 May 26 in the series State Paper Office: State Papers Ireland, Elizabeth I to George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 63/369/79
Date
1713 May 26
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Letter about delivery of correspondence across the Atlantic. Colonel Fr [Francis] Nicholson to [William Legge] earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of State]: received your letter of 8 May two days ago upon my arrival. There is a gentleman of Cork city bound to Antegoa [Antigua], who is expected in town tomorrow. If I find he will take charge of your packet for Governor Douglas, I shall give it him as it will be difficult to find safe conveyance from Newfoundland. Very concerned how to get letter for M. Le Marquess Vaundrevill, [Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Marquis de Vaudreuil] to Quebeck [Quebec]. Dated in Cork. f. 178

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English
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