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Folios 233-234. A letter from S [Stanier] Porten to Anthony Todd, dated at St James's...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/12/94

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This record is about the Folios 233-234. A letter from S [Stanier] Porten to Anthony Todd, dated at St James's... dating from 1778 Oct 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 37/12/94
Date
1778 Oct 12
Description

Folios 233-234. A letter from S [Stanier] Porten to Anthony Todd, dated at St James's [Middlesex] lobbying for the 'Dashwood' packet boat, under Captain Burnaby, to be ordered to sail with urgent despatches directly from Falmouth to Gibraltar, without creating the delay which would arise form calling at Lisbon [Portugal]. Follows the 'Helena' sloop of war, with earlier despatches, being carried to Brest [France].

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III

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