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Folios 260-262. A letter from [the Lord Mayor of London] Brass Crosby to Lord [?Rochford],...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/8/68

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SP 37/8/68
Date
1771 Sept 2
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Folios 260-262. A letter from [the Lord Mayor of London] Brass Crosby to Lord [?Rochford], dated at mansion House [London], enclosing a letter from Jonathan Brittain [Britain] concerning the dockyard fire at Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 27 July 1770]. Folio 262. Britain's letter to Crosby, dated at Reading [Berkshire] gaol, referring to [Joshua] Dudley [who alleges arson], Sir Joseph Mawbey, and a plot to kill the King [George III] on 7 June 1770.

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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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