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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 16: Charles Compton to Duke of Newcastle. Arrival of two Maltese men-of-war....
Catalogue reference: SP 89/44/8
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This record is about the Folio 16: Charles Compton to Duke of Newcastle. Arrival of two Maltese men-of-war.... dating from 1744 Feb 22 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1744 Feb 22
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Folio 16: Charles Compton to Duke of Newcastle. Arrival of two Maltese men-of-war. Encloses copies of his correspondence with the Maltese commandant concerning the reported intention to sell one of them to the Spaniards at Cadiz (ff.18-20). Release of the long detained Hanover packet-boat and relevant correspondence (ff.22). Has relaid the Admiralty orders for all ships of 50 guns and upwards to proceed to the Mediterranean. Count of Assumar going as Viceroy to Goa. Encloses letters from King and Queen of Portugal in answer to those of Hanoverian royal family (wanting).
Date and place: 1744 Feb 22 Lisbon.
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