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Folios 181-182. A letter from inhabitants, dated at Whitehaven [Cumberland], requesting...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/12/72

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This record is about the Folios 181-182. A letter from inhabitants, dated at Whitehaven [Cumberland], requesting... dating from 1778 May 12 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 37/12/72
Date
1778 May 12
Description

Folios 181-182. A letter from inhabitants, dated at Whitehaven [Cumberland], requesting arms to defend against attacks [such as the one recently mounted from the American Patriot privateer 'Ranger', under the command of John Paul Jones out of Brest, France]. Endorsed with a refusal from the Board [of Ordnance] on the grounds of there being no garrison to lodge them securely.

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