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Folio 61: Finch to Harrington. Swedish officers taken prisoners, complained at conduct...

Catalogue reference: SP 91/29/61

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This record is about the Folio 61: Finch to Harrington. Swedish officers taken prisoners, complained at conduct... dating from 1741 Sept 29 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Russia. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 91/29/61
Date
1741 Sept 29
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Folio 61: Finch to Harrington. Swedish officers taken prisoners, complained at conduct of Count Lowenhaupt. Persian ambassador made his entry with 14 elephants and Indian and Negro slaves and a retinue of 2300 Persians. De Swartz received the states answer to the Czar's notification of the Swedish declaration of war. He also received a copy of the Danish King's requisition of Swedish King's good offices in the dispute about Island fishery. After such a step Denmark cannot be expected to fulfill its engagements with Russia. Dated St Petersburg, 29 Sept 1741.

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