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Folio 30: Paul Methuen to James Vernon. French recognition of the Pretender as the...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/18/18

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This record is about the Folio 30: Paul Methuen to James Vernon. French recognition of the Pretender as the... dating from 1701 Nov 1, NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/18/18
Date
1701 Nov 1, NS
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Folio 30: Paul Methuen to James Vernon. French recognition of the Pretender as the Prince of Wales is unlikely to be followed by the Portuguese. Is encouraging them to maintain a strict neutrality in the event of an Anglo-French War, `which is the greatest thing we can expect from them as affairs stand'. Departure of Chateaurenaud's squadron. Movements of Portuguese warships. Has protested against some undesirable innovations in the Customs House procedures, which have been abolished accordingly (f.29).

Date and place: 1701 Nov 1, NS Lisbon.

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