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Folio 139. Petition to the Duke of Newcastle from William Mavor, late merchant of...
Catalogue reference: SP 36/104/1/139
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This record is about the Folio 139. Petition to the Duke of Newcastle from William Mavor, late merchant of... dating from [? 1747] in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 36/104/1/139
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1747]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folio 139. Petition to the Duke of Newcastle from William Mavor, late merchant of Turriff [Aberdeenshire], subsequently arrested and transported to Tilbury Fort [Essex], and now a [Jacobite?] prisoner in the custody of messenger William Dick, requesting discharge on account of ill-health and of never having been tried.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Folio 187-188
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Trade and commerce
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II
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