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Folio 280: J. B. Parker to Duke of Newcastle. Latest naval intelligence from Galicia....

Catalogue reference: SP 89/41/128

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This record is about the Folio 280: J. B. Parker to Duke of Newcastle. Latest naval intelligence from Galicia.... dating from 1741 Aug 12 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/41/128
Date
1741 Aug 12
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Folio 280: J. B. Parker to Duke of Newcastle. Latest naval intelligence from Galicia. Successful raid by H.M.S. Gibraltar, H.M.S. Grampus and H.M.S. Argyle on the river of Vigo. Prizes, which include a Portuguese ship, are being claimed by local Portuguese and English merchants so are being sent to Gibraltar. Relief for English prisoners-of-war at Saragossa, St. Sebastian, Cadiz, etc. (ff.284-88). Fears Spanish Court may cancel their own small contribution to the prisoners-of-war allowance.

Date and place: 1741 Aug 12 Oporto.

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