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Translation into English of SP 87/37/32. f. 84
Catalogue reference: SP 87/37/34
Date: 1760 February 2
Translation into English of SP 87/37/32. f. 84
Item
Folios 124-131. A letter from Edward Stanley to Wm [William] Fraser, dated at Customs...
Catalogue reference: SP 37/26/51
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This record is about the Folios 124-131. A letter from Edward Stanley to Wm [William] Fraser, dated at Customs... dating from 1780 Oct 9 - 1780 Oct 17 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1780 Oct 9 - 1780 Oct 17
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Folios 124-131. A letter from Edward Stanley to Wm [William] Fraser, dated at Customs House, London, concerning a French-language newspaper, the 'Gazette de Londres Extraordinaire', confiscated at Margate [Kent] from a passenger James Watson who has been suspected of carrying intelligence abroad. Enclosing: Folio 125. W Jordan and B Denne to the Commissioners of Customs, dated at Customs House, Sandwich. Folio 126. John Cowper, Rd [Richard] Laming and James Mitchener to the Collector and Comptroller of Customs at Sandwich [Kent], dated at Margate [Kent] Surveyor's office. Watson planned to travel to Ostend [Austrian Netherlands], but has been detained. Folio 128-131. Manuscript extract of the newspaper, dated 9 October 1780. Contains a despatch from Captain Ross, aid de camp to General Cornwallis, with news of the victory over the American rebels at Charlestown [Charleston, South Carolina].
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- English and French
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