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John Walton (in Rome until Feb 1731, then from Florence. Secret service agent Baron...
Catalogue reference: SP 98/32
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This record is about the John Walton (in Rome until Feb 1731, then from Florence. Secret service agent Baron... dating from 1730-1734 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Tuscany. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 98/32
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1730-1734
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John Walton (in Rome until Feb 1731, then from Florence. Secret service agent Baron Philippe von Stosch, alias John Walton, wrote concerning the activities of the Old Pretender and the Jacobite court. Walton's reports in this series begin in 1730 at Rome before his removal in February 1731 to Florence following an assault on his person. The reports end in 1757 with his death. For Walton's despatches from Rome for the period 1722-1729, which were once bound as Volumes 9, 10 and 13, see class SP 85.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- International
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SP 98
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Tuscany
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