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Folios 9-10. Mayor of Newcastle, [Upon Tyne, Northumberland, Cuthbert Smith] to [Duke...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/83/2/9

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This record is about the Folios 9-10. Mayor of Newcastle, [Upon Tyne, Northumberland, Cuthbert Smith] to [Duke... dating from 1746 Apr 21 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/83/2/9
Date
1746 Apr 21
Description

Folios 9-10. Mayor of Newcastle, [Upon Tyne, Northumberland, Cuthbert Smith] to [Duke of Newcastle] regarding the plans of the keelmen to rise in [Jacobite] rebellion and seize Newcastle. In post script, gives first reaction to news of the Battle of Culloden. Enclosing:

Folio 11. [Sir Edward] Blacket [or Blackett] to Smith warning of a planned uprising by Newcastle's keelmen. Dated 11 April 1746 at Hexham [Northumberland].

Folio 12. Affidavit of Corporal William Wright, of Captain Hamilton's company, and Andrew Daniel of Colonel Stanwix's company, in the regiment of the Marquess of Granby, describing a confrontation with keelmen at the Sandgate, mentioning John Smith.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folios 142-146
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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