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Folios 250-251. A letter from [Viscount] Harcourt to Viscount Weymouth, advising...
Catalogue reference: SP 63/451/70
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This record is about the Folios 250-251. A letter from [Viscount] Harcourt to Viscount Weymouth, advising... dating from 1776 Feb 5 in the series State Paper Office: State Papers Ireland, Elizabeth I to George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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SP 63/451/70
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Date (When the record was created)
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1776 Feb 5
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 250-251. A letter from [Viscount] Harcourt to Viscount Weymouth, advising of the success of a draft to requisition horses from various regiments of the Army of Ireland, and that 180 horses will be ready to embark at Cork [Munster] [for service in North America] by 10 March 1776. Dated at Dublin Castle.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Army
- Ireland
- Americas
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SP 63
State Paper Office: State Papers Ireland, Elizabeth I to George III
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Within the series: SP 63
State Paper Office: State Papers Ireland, Elizabeth I to George III
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Folios 250-251. A letter from [Viscount] Harcourt to Viscount Weymouth, advising...
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