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Folios 180-188. A letter from William Dickinson [MP for Rye, Sussex] to [under secretary]...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/15/81

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This record is about the Folios 180-188. A letter from William Dickinson [MP for Rye, Sussex] to [under secretary]... dating from 1781 Aug 2 - 1781 Aug 6 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 37/15/81
Date
1781 Aug 2 - 1781 Aug 6
Description

Folios 180-188. A letter from William Dickinson [MP for Rye, Sussex] to [under secretary] John Bell, dated at Queen Anne Street concerning smuggling vessels [sailing between Boulogne, France, and Rye, Sussex] suspected of treasonable activity, involving John Turner. Enclosing: Folio 181. Thomas Lamb to Dickinson. Folio 182. Lamb to Dickinson, dated at Rye [Sussex]. Refers to a woman going to France aboard a Lydd [Kent] smuggling boat. Seal. Folio 183. A letter to Lamb, dated at Rye. Concerns a 'Deal box' that came by the diligence for John Turner, of Rye. Refers to: 'a gun woman'; and 'The Strand', [Middlesex]. Folio 184. A letter from Lamb, dated at Rye. Mentions: Mountsbay, Cornwall, and Sir John St Aubin; and John Daniel's boat. Enquires after a 'Mr Fagen. Folio 186-187. Copy of letter to Mr Lamb, dated at St James's. Folio 188. A letter to Mr Lamb, dated at St James's.

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English
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