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Folio 117: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. News from Faro of British naval activities....

Catalogue reference: SP 89/34/56

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This record is about the Folio 117: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. News from Faro of British naval activities.... dating from 1727 May 12, NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/34/56
Date
1727 May 12, NS
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Folio 117: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. News from Faro of British naval activities. Spanish privateers fitted out at Lisbon have made one prize, and are likely to make others if Royal Navy does not provide protection. Encloses copy of depositions of Britishsailors (f.121) and of his letters to Dormer on the subject (f.119). Departure of the Pernambuco Fleet expected by the end of the month.

Date and place: 1727 May 12, NS Lisbon.

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