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Duplicate copies and extracts of letters and papers: mainly duplicate copies of correspondence...
Catalogue reference: SP 76/9
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This record is about the Duplicate copies and extracts of letters and papers: mainly duplicate copies of correspondence... dating from 1713-1730 July in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Dunkirk. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SP 76/9
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1713-1730 July
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Description (What the record is about)
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Duplicate copies and extracts of letters and papers: mainly duplicate copies of correspondence with the commissaries, Matthew Prior, the Earl of Stair, and others involved with the work at Dunkirk, though a few letters in draft form are also included. Includes a duplicate copy of a colour wash plan of the town and old harbour of Dunkirk in 1730 (the original plan was removed from SP 76/4 to MPF 322 in 1959).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Bundle At one time numbered Volume 9
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3125181/
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SP 76
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Dunkirk
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Within the series: SP 76
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Dunkirk
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Duplicate copies and extracts of letters and papers: mainly duplicate copies of correspondence...
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