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Commissaries (mainly Colonel Abercrombie), Matthew Prior (Plenipotentiary in Paris),...
Catalogue reference: SP 76/2
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This record is about the Commissaries (mainly Colonel Abercrombie), Matthew Prior (Plenipotentiary in Paris),... dating from 1714 Sept-1717 Dec in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Dunkirk. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 76/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1714 Sept-1717 Dec
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Description (What the record is about)
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Commissaries (mainly Colonel Abercrombie), Matthew Prior (Plenipotentiary in Paris), M le Blanc (French Intendant), etc. Includes reports of the embarkation from Dunkirk for Scotland in 1715 of the 'Old Pretender', James Francis Edward Stuart, his disembarkation in 1716 at Gravelines, and news of his supporters. Includes a plan of the new sluice at Mardyke in 1714.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- At one time numbered Volume 2
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Maps and plans
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SP 76
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Dunkirk
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Dunkirk
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