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Folio 264: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. Rumoured at Madrid that King Philip...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/34/140

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This record is about the Folio 264: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. Rumoured at Madrid that King Philip... dating from 1727 Sept 23, NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/34/140
Date
1727 Sept 23, NS
Description

Folio 264: Thomas Burnett to Duke of Newcastle. Rumoured at Madrid that King Philip is very anxious to abdicate but thought unlikely to do so until double marriages are effected in December. Arrangements for the exchange of the princesses. Spaniards boggling at restoring the prize Prince Frederick in America before the General Peace Congress. The Portuguese warships, Victoria and Lampadosa, have left with new governors for Mazagão and Madeira respectively.

Date and place: 1727 Sept 23, NS Lisbon.

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