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Folio 111: Lord Galway to John Methuen. Portuguese have deliberately thrown away...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/19/58

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SP 89/19/58
Date
1706 May 21-22
Description

Folio 111: Lord Galway to John Methuen. Portuguese have deliberately thrown away the best opportunity of marching on Madrid, but it can still be done, if Methuen gets the King to issue the most direct and positive orders to the Marquis das Minas, with a copy sent to himself.

Date and place: 1706 May 21-22 `camp before Ciudad Rodrigo'.

Note
Copy. Enclosed in f.131.
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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6841888/

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal

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