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Folio 100. Earl Poulet [Poulett] [to Duke of Newcastle], concerning reluctance of...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/73/2/100

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This record is about the Folio 100. Earl Poulet [Poulett] [to Duke of Newcastle], concerning reluctance of... dating from 1745 Nov 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 36/73/2/100
Date
1745 Nov 11
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Folio 100. Earl Poulet [Poulett] [to Duke of Newcastle], concerning reluctance of people in Taunton [Somerset] to join the militia, who, instead, sent 'a paper kite with a long tail of names, a thing to amuse the mob, and which hangs but by a pack thread'. Is attending a [recruitment?] meeting in Bridgewater [Somerset] tomorrow. Adds that Lord Ilchester is ill; Mr Speke, too, and gone to Bath [Somerset]. Dated at Hinton [House, Hinton St George, Somerset].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
Folios 259-260
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Open Document, Open Description
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