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Sheet Number SP 89 SE
Catalogue reference: OS 42/19382
Date: 1976 May 06
Sheet Number SP 89 SE
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Folio 310: Abstract of a letter [by Henry Stewart] from on board H.M.S. Severn in...
Catalogue reference: SP 89/41/140
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This record is about the Folio 310: Abstract of a letter [by Henry Stewart] from on board H.M.S. Severn in... dating from 1741 July 12 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 89/41/140
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1741 July 12
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Folio 310: Abstract of a letter [by Henry Stewart] from on board H.M.S. Severn in Rio harbour. Return of Severn and Pearl to Rio after losing 290 men and suffering appalling conditions off Cape Horn. No news of the other ships of the squadron. `The Governor and thePortuguese in general are extremely kind to us,' the 130 survivors, most of whom are `not able to crawl with scurvy.' Spanish fleet of Admiral Pizarro likewise dispersed after suffering heavy loss (cf. S.P.89/40).
Date and place: 1741 July 12 Rio de Janeiro.
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- Enclosed in f.308. Copy.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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