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Folio 233: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. Capture of the Mary by the Spaniards...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/34/115

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This record is about the Folio 233: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. Capture of the Mary by the Spaniards... dating from 1727 Aug 29, NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/34/115
Date
1727 Aug 29, NS
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Folio 233: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. Capture of the Mary by the Spaniards and negotiations over its disposal at Lisbon. `Unaccountable obstinacy, not to say Quixotism of the Spaniards, in persisting to relieve their trenches before Gibraltar,' though to no real purpose. French, Spanish, and British naval movements. Perfect harmony between Courts of France and Spain reported re-established. Pretender's whereabouts in Italy. Infante Dom Manuel recalled to Madrid and reported secretly reconciled with King John V.

Date and place: 1727 Aug 29, NS Lisbon.

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