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Duplicate of SP 42/8/142
Catalogue reference: SP 42/8/143
Date: 1710 December 6
Duplicate of SP 42/8/142
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Letter regarding the intelligence report (dated 8 September) from Mr Bennett on the...
Catalogue reference: SP 42/14/86
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Letter regarding the intelligence report (dated 8 September) from Mr Bennett on the ports of France, where no more than ten warships remain in port (i.e. Brest, Port Louis and Rochfort). His observations reveal a general fear of civil war [owing to the death of Louis XIV on 1 September, his great-grandson and heir to the throne Louis XV being a minor of five].
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