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Folio 196. A letter from S P [Stanier Porten] to John Robinson [Treasury Secretary]...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/23/52

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This record is about the Folio 196. A letter from S P [Stanier Porten] to John Robinson [Treasury Secretary]... dating from 1777 Sept 28 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 37/23/52
Date
1777 Sept 28
Description

Folio 196. A letter from S P [Stanier Porten] to John Robinson [Treasury Secretary] concerning the Portuguese ship taken by the 'Bee' cutter [and detained in the Colne Estuary]. Mr Todd finds no evidence she was helping the [American] rebels; however accounts from Harwich [Essex], taken by [Henry Pelham] Davis, are still outstanding. The Portuguese envoy says that Captain Rodriguez has declared his destination to be Porto. Lord Weymouth is in Wiltshire.

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Language
English
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