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A plea for protection from Captain Jones’s raid
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Papers relating to ships,
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/8/257
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- PRO 30/8/257
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Papers relating to ships,
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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PRO 30/8
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham: Papers
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