Item
Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
Catalogue reference: SP 35/71/62
Date: Undated [1719-1722]
Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
Item
Folios 141-142. From James Craggs (the Younger) (1) Thomas Reeve. To Attorney-General...
Catalogue reference: SP 35/74/40
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This record is about the Folios 141-142. From James Craggs (the Younger) (1) Thomas Reeve. To Attorney-General... dating from 1718 Sept 6 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1718 Sept 6
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Folios 141-142. From James Craggs (the Younger) (1) Thomas Reeve. To Attorney-General [Nicholas Lechmere]. Place: Hampton Court [Surrey].
A letter enclosing papers printed at Norwich [Norfolk] giving false reports of the 'late action with the Spanish fleet', published 'to animate the Jacobite and disaffected party', and desiring him to report in what manner 'spreaders of false news concerning war and peace abroad' may be prosecuted. The prosecution against [Nathaniel] Mist 'upon the complaint of the Muscovite Minsiter' is recalled. (1) Query concerning spreading false news in print or in writing, endorsed [Anthony] Cratcherode; with a legal opinion advising that it may only be prosecuted, if libelous.
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I
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