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Folio 112: A. Castres to Andrew Stone. More details of the affair of the St. Philip,...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/44/53

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This record is about the Folio 112: A. Castres to Andrew Stone. More details of the affair of the St. Philip,... dating from 1745 Jan 5 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/44/53
Date
1745 Jan 5
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Folio 112: A. Castres to Andrew Stone. More details of the affair of the St. Philip, explaining there probably were contraband goods on board consigned to a valet-de-chambre and other household favourites of the King, but that he and Compton thought it best to release her. Advises more caution in granting such Admiralty passes in future.

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Folio 112: A. Castres to Andrew Stone. More details of the affair of the St. Philip,...

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