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Folio 164: Abraham Castres to Lord Carteret. Congratulations on the victory of Dettingen....

Catalogue reference: SP 89/42/74

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This record is about the Folio 164: Abraham Castres to Lord Carteret. Congratulations on the victory of Dettingen.... dating from 1743 Aug 24, NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/42/74
Date
1743 Aug 24, NS
Description

Folio 164: Abraham Castres to Lord Carteret. Congratulations on the victory of Dettingen. This news has also pleased the Portuguese, `who, a few of the nobility excepted, take all opportunities of expressing their dislike to France'. King John V still very ill, `but applies to business during his good intervals, with as much eagerness as ever, notwithstanding his physicians' remonstrances against it.'.

Date and place: 1743 Aug 24, NS Lisbon.

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