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Folios 198-201. Draft of a letter [from the Duke of Newcastle to unknown], [concerning...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/88/1/198

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This record is about the Folios 198-201. Draft of a letter [from the Duke of Newcastle to unknown], [concerning... dating from 1746 Oct 11 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/88/1/198
Date
1746 Oct 11
Description

Folios 198-201. Draft of a letter [from the Duke of Newcastle to unknown], [concerning negotiations underway at the Congress of Breda?], stating that the 'main point is what should be said to Mr Keen [Benjamin Keen?] in answer to the hints and?information that had been flung out by?Pitins, and whether anything, before we hear from France and?Venice'. Mentions correspondence in cipher, and the need to 'avoid giving any answer to the particular demands about the guarantee of Parma and Placentia' [Italy]. Other individuals referred to by initials or abbreviations include: L Esx?; W W; Ch; Robt [Robert]; and L W.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folios 223 - 226
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