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Folio 161: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. Siege of Gibraltar. Court news. Loss...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/34/81

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This record is about the Folio 161: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. Siege of Gibraltar. Court news. Loss... dating from 1727 June 6, NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/34/81
Date
1727 June 6, NS
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Folio 161: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. Siege of Gibraltar. Court news. Loss of the Lake to a Spanish privateer off Oporto and its recapture next day by a pink and arrival in Viana. Spaniards demand an embargo on the ship. Portuguese have ordered the raising of the embargo laid on the Irish prize at Setúbal, but will reclaim at Madrid for the restoration of the William. Celebration of the Prince of Brazil's birthday.

Date and place: 1727 June 6, NS Lisbon.

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The National Archives, Kew
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