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Folios 118-121. Folio 118. Cover 'Letter from Mr Craven and Answer. Sept 4. Read...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/11/41

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This record is about the Folios 118-121. Folio 118. Cover 'Letter from Mr Craven and Answer. Sept 4. Read... dating from 1775 Aug 31 - 1775 Sept 2 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 37/11/41
Date
1775 Aug 31 - 1775 Sept 2
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Folios 118-121. Folio 118. Cover 'Letter from Mr Craven and Answer. Sept 4. Read by the King. A, N, Sa, D'. Folio 119. Letter dated at Barton Court [near Newbury, Berkshire] from the Reverend J [John] Craven to 'My Lord'. 'The oath of a magistrate obliges me to trouble you with the enclosed Treason which I received by Friday night's post. I detest republican principles and sooner than engaged in such a rebellious and unconstitutional association, I would exchange my black coat for red, and spend my genteel independent fortune in support of his Majesty's Crown and Dignity'. Folio 120-121. Printed letter directed to Jno [John] Wilmott, Globe Tavern, Fleet Street, London about the formation of an Association 'formed for the honour of the King, the preservation of trade, the glory and happiness of the whole empire' and the appointment of a Committee of Correspondence.

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English
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