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Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
Catalogue reference: SP 35/71/62
Date: Undated [1719-1722]
Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
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Postmasters-General James Craggs [the elder] and [Charles] Cornwallis to Earl Stanhope...
Catalogue reference: SP 35/15/62
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This record is about the Postmasters-General James Craggs [the elder] and [Charles] Cornwallis to Earl Stanhope... dating from 1719 Feb 23 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 35/15/62
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1719 Feb 23
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Description (What the record is about)
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Postmasters-General James Craggs [the elder] and [Charles] Cornwallis to Earl Stanhope [Secretary of State, Northern Department] urging that representation be made to the Governor of the Netherlands in opposition to customs officers at Ostend [Netherlands, Belgium] visiting British packet boats 'which will be such an affront and infringement upon the liberties of his Majesty's packet Boats, as never was attempted in any of the foreign ports where his Majesty's packet Boats go'. Dated at the General Post Office [London, Middlesex].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15376128/
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I
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