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Sheet Number SP 89 SE
Catalogue reference: OS 42/19382
Date: 1976 May 06
Sheet Number SP 89 SE
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Folio 248: John Methuen to Sir Charles Hedges. Capture of Valencía de Alcántara....
Catalogue reference: SP 89/18/144
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This record is about the Folio 248: John Methuen to Sir Charles Hedges. Capture of Valencía de Alcántara.... dating from 1705 May 16, NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1705 May 16, NS
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Folio 248: John Methuen to Sir Charles Hedges. Capture of Valencía de Alcántara. King Pedro still refuses to let the King of Spain go to the frontier without him, though he is far too ill to go himself. Exchange of prisoners-of-war at Cadiz proceeding very well. Military and naval intelligence from Cadiz. Siege of Gibraltar raised. Problems with the Prince of Hesse. Latest news of operations on the frontier. Gunpowder for Savoy.
Date and place: 1705 May 16, NS Lisbon.
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