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Folios 128-130. A letter from John Robinson to Sir Stanier Porten, dated at Treasury...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/22/43

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This record is about the Folios 128-130. A letter from John Robinson to Sir Stanier Porten, dated at Treasury... dating from 1775 Nov 1 - 1775 Nov 9 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 37/22/43
Date
1775 Nov 1 - 1775 Nov 9
Description

Folios 128-130. A letter from John Robinson to Sir Stanier Porten, dated at Treasury Chambers [Whitehall, Middlesex] on 9 November 1775, concerning intelligence from Guernsey about gunpowder and salt petre loaded in France for America. Enclosing: Folio 129. A letter from Wm [William] How [Howe], in the absence of the secretary, to John Robinson, dated at Customs House, London, on 7 November 1775. Enclosing: Folio 130. A letter from Thomas Dormer, dated at Guernsey on 1 November 1775. Intelligence from a person lately arrived from Port l'Orient [Lorient, France], concerning a schooner from Philadelphia and a brigantine from New England, the later sailing for Dunkirk.

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