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Folio 26: Charles Compton to Duke of Newcastle. Forwards Cayley's letter of Feb....

Catalogue reference: SP 89/44/13

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This record is about the Folio 26: Charles Compton to Duke of Newcastle. Forwards Cayley's letter of Feb.... dating from 1744 Feb 25 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/44/13
Date
1744 Feb 25
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Folio 26: Charles Compton to Duke of Newcastle. Forwards Cayley's letter of Feb. 17 from which it is clear the Court of Portugal will not drop their protest over the capture of the Santa Roza by H.M.S. Romney as two engineer officers have been sent to measure the exact distance it occurred from the bar of Faro.

Date and place: 1744 Feb 25 Lisbon.

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The National Archives, Kew
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6844994/

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