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Folios 359-363. A letter from the Earl of Hillsborough to the Attorney General and...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/15/152

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This record is about the Folios 359-363. A letter from the Earl of Hillsborough to the Attorney General and... dating from 1781 Dec 22 - 1781 Dec 25 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 37/15/152
Date
1781 Dec 22 - 1781 Dec 25
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Folios 359-363. A letter from the Earl of Hillsborough to the Attorney General and Solicitor, dated at St James's [Middlesex] concerning [Henry] Laurens, prisoner in the Tower of London. Seeks their opinion whether he can be admitted to bail, to drink the Bath [Somerset] waters. Folio 360-361. Copy of a letter from Jas [James] Wallace to Hillsborough approving Lauren's bail. Folio 362-363. Wallace to Hillsborough and Viscount Stormont, advising that Lauren's enlargement 'must depend upon the honorary engagement of the prisoner'.

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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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