Item
Duplicate of SP 42/8/122
Catalogue reference: SP 42/8/123
Date: 1710 October 21
Duplicate of SP 42/8/122
Item
Folios 98-99. Letter dated at 'Our Court at Dublin' from King James to Sir Donald...
Catalogue reference: SP 8/6/29
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This record is about the Folios 98-99. Letter dated at 'Our Court at Dublin' from King James to Sir Donald... dating from 1689 Nov 30 in the series King William's Chest. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 8/6/29
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1689 Nov 30
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 98-99. Letter dated at 'Our Court at Dublin' from King James to Sir Donald McDonel [MacDonald] of Slate [Sleat] concerning the death of Viscount Dundee [John Graham of Claverhouse, principal Jacobite commander in the Highlands], who Is sending his son the Duke of Berwick to their aid 'as soon as the season will permit the shipping of any number of horses [to Scotland[, in the meanwhile he will send the Earl of Seaforth 'to head his friends and followers'. Above all else the King recommends 'a thorough union amongst yourselves and a due obedience to your superior officers'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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King William's Chest
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