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Part 2, Folio 30. To George, Prince of Wales Captain Lieutenant of Great Britain....

Catalogue reference: SP 35/67/105

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This record is about the Part 2, Folio 30. To George, Prince of Wales Captain Lieutenant of Great Britain.... dating from [c 1716 July 1 - 1716 Dec 31] in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 35/67/105
Date
[c 1716 July 1 - 1716 Dec 31]
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Part 2, Folio 30. To George, Prince of Wales Captain Lieutenant of Great Britain.

Petition of 800 seamen who formerly served aboard 'Her late Majesty's ships the 'Grafton' and the 'Chatham' Lord Forbes then Commodore'. That on 14 September 1710 they took three prizes two of which carried cargo of indigo, cochineal, cinnamon, 'elephants' teeth' but mainly 'enemy's plate to the value of three millions of money'; that Lord Forbes 'utterly refuses to give any account or part thereof' to them to their great detriment and praying that Lord Forbes, 'who is leaving the land', be ordered to appoint a responsible agent to answer the petitioners in the High Court of Chancery.

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