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Folio 22: Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real to James Dormer. Is informed that some absconding...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/34/11

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This record is about the Folio 22: Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real to James Dormer. Is informed that some absconding... dating from 1727 Jan 18 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SP 89/34/11
Date
1727 Jan 18
Description

Folio 22: Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real to James Dormer. Is informed that some absconding debtors to the Royal tobacco monopoly have taken refuge in a British warship or packet-boat bound for England. Since they have no Portuguese passport, he requests they be put on shore, as agreed in previous royal orders to captains of packet boats and warships.

Date and place: 1727 Jan 18 Lisbon.

Note
Portuguese with English translation. Copy.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Portuguese
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6843629/

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal

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