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Folios 62-63. An unsigned newsletter to Sir Joseph Williamson [ambassador in the...

Catalogue reference: SP 32/7/44

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This record is about the Folios 62-63. An unsigned newsletter to Sir Joseph Williamson [ambassador in the... dating from 1697 May 28 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, William and Mary. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 32/7/44
Date
1697 May 28
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Folios 62-63. An unsigned newsletter to Sir Joseph Williamson [ambassador in the Netherlands], dated at Whitehall [Middlesex]. Reports on: orders for the embarkation of regiments to Flanders; a warning to the Lord Mayor and aldermen of London, from the Lords Justices, of an increased risk from 'Papists [Roman Catholics] and other disaffected persons'; eight Dutch warships cruising westward from St Helens [Isle of Wight]; and a sighting of the 'Straits [of Gibraltar] fleet, from Milford [Haven, Pembrokeshire], of Mounts Bay [Cornwall], bearing up for [the isles of] Scilly.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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