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Translation into English of SP 87/37/32. f. 84
Catalogue reference: SP 87/37/34
Date: 1760 February 2
Translation into English of SP 87/37/32. f. 84
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Folios 227-230. The petition of the trustees of the Harbour of Whitehaven, Cumberland,...
Catalogue reference: SP 37/12/92
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This record is about the Folios 227-230. The petition of the trustees of the Harbour of Whitehaven, Cumberland,... dating from 1778 Sept 25 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1778 Sept 25
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Folios 227-230. The petition of the trustees of the Harbour of Whitehaven, Cumberland, seeking the completion of the battery proposed in 1762 by the engineer John Wooler. Outlines Whitehaven's trade with Ireland, especially Dublin, America, the West Indies, and Guinea [Africa]; and the predations of Thurot's squadron, and American privateers, in 1777. Also refers to the removal of ordnance from Whitehaven to Carlisle in 1745 [Jacobite] rising. Signed by: Wm [William] Fletcher; Timothy Nicholson; Wm [William] Gilpin; Jos [Joseph] Deane; Richard Bowman; Rob [Robert] Waters; Wm [William] Hicks; Thom [Thomas] Lutwidge; Ja [James] Spedding; John Dixon; Rich [Richard] Parker; Isaac Hamilton. Folio 229-230. A covering letter from the above-named, with the addition of Saml [Samuel] Martin, to Viscount Weymouth, dated at Whitehaven. Mentions a former involvement in the matter by Sir James Lowther.
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