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Folios 175-176. A letter from John Robinson to Sir Stanier Porten. Enclosing: Folio...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/23/44

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This record is about the Folios 175-176. A letter from John Robinson to Sir Stanier Porten. Enclosing: Folio... dating from 1777 Sept 13 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 37/23/44
Date
1777 Sept 13
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Folios 175-176. A letter from John Robinson to Sir Stanier Porten. Enclosing: Folio 176. Extract of a letter from a merchant in Hull [Yorkshire]. 'Monsier de Mistral commissaire Ordinaire of Normandy summoned all the merchants of [Le] Havre de Grace [France] to appear before him [29 August 1777]. The merchants did appear and were commanded not to make any preparations arming their vessels either for America or the Coast of Guinea [West Africa] as he will have no sailors to spare and having need of all the seamen he can get to send to Brest'.

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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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