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Folios 247-248. A letter from [the Earl of] Buckingham to Viscount Weymouth concerning...

Catalogue reference: SP 63/461/90

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This record is about the Folios 247-248. A letter from [the Earl of] Buckingham to Viscount Weymouth concerning... dating from 1778 Nov 12 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 63/461/90
Date
1778 Nov 12
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Folios 247-248. A letter from [the Earl of] Buckingham to Viscount Weymouth concerning a deficiency in the stock purse fund of the 1st Horse, caused by the bankruptcy of the regiment's agent [Captain Desbrisay]. The King has recommended that the matter be redeemed with the sale of the first Cornetcy arising vacant in the regiment, as a means of reimbursing the regimental colonel, General Johnston. He has passed orders on to Johnston and to the Commander-in-chief [General Sir John Irwine]. Dated at Dublin Castle.

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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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State Paper Office: State Papers Ireland, Elizabeth I to George III

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