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Folios 125-127. Tho [Thomas] Corbett to Andrew Stone redirecting a letter from Captain...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/94/2/125

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This record is about the Folios 125-127. Tho [Thomas] Corbett to Andrew Stone redirecting a letter from Captain... dating from 1747 Feb 23 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/94/2/125
Date
1747 Feb 23
Description

Folios 125-127. Tho [Thomas] Corbett to Andrew Stone redirecting a letter from Captain [George Antoine Anthony] Talbot. Dated at the Admiralty Office. Enclosing:

Folio 126. Talbot to [unknown]. Brigadier General Price, by order of the duke of Newcastle, was meant to make sure that all prisoners under his care would be transferred to a commissioner appointed in Calais [France]. Price has refused to free the pilots Bligh and Lesly [Lesley, Leslie] imprisoned in Berwick in spite of their certificates from Mr de Rosmadec, captain of Prince Charles, certifying that they have been forced to go aboard. Talbot asks that they be treated according to their state of prisoners-of-war and taken out of their cells. Dated at 'my prison at Berwick upon Tweed' [Northumberland, Berwickshire].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folios 251-254
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15670294/

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