Item
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.
Item
Postmaster-General [Thomas Frankland] to Bromley, writing from the General Post Office,...
Catalogue reference: SP 35/1/10
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This record is about the Postmaster-General [Thomas Frankland] to Bromley, writing from the General Post Office,... dating from 1714 Aug 6 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 35/1/10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1714 Aug 6
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Description (What the record is about)
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Postmaster-General [Thomas Frankland] to Bromley, writing from the General Post Office, London. Transmitting letters from the postmaster at Ludlow [Shropshire].
Enclosures:
Letter from [Humfrey] Morley to Postmaster-General, written at Ludlow. Forwarding 'a letter of dangerous consequence'. Dated 4 August 1714;
Anonymous seditious paper with biblical text questioning the legitimacy of deposing the Pretender;
[Humfrey] Morley's affidavit stating that his informant does not know the author of the letter, dated 2 August 1714.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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SP 35
Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I
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