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Sheet Number SP 89 SE
Catalogue reference: OS 42/19383
Date: 1976 May 06 - 1985 May 02
Sheet Number SP 89 SE
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Folio 81: Charles Compton to Duke of Newcastle. Although the Hanover packet-boat...
Catalogue reference: SP 89/42/34
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This record is about the Folio 81: Charles Compton to Duke of Newcastle. Although the Hanover packet-boat... dating from 1742 Oct 22 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 89/42/34
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1742 Oct 22
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Folio 81: Charles Compton to Duke of Newcastle. Although the Hanover packet-boat has now been detained for over a year, he has not yet received any instructions concerning the Portuguese demand for satisfaction for the accidental murder of a Portuguese woman by one of her crew. Engagement between H.M.S. Fly and a rich Spanish vessel from Havana, which has taken refuge in Viana. A Sicilian priest has offered to reveal a scheme for the surprise capture of Gibraltar, if adequately rewarded. King of Portugal's proposed return to Caldas is cancelled. Princess of Brazil had a miscarriage. Portuguese army has been reduced to peace-time establishment of 12,000 foot and 3,000 horse.
Date and place: 1742 Oct 22 Lisbon.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6844778/
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal
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