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Folio 245: Consul-General and members of the British Factory at Lisbon to W. Pitt....

Catalogue reference: SP 89/51/89

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This record is about the Folio 245: Consul-General and members of the British Factory at Lisbon to W. Pitt.... dating from 1759 [Apr 1 ?] in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/51/89
Date
1759 [Apr 1 ?]
Description

Folio 245: Consul-General and members of the British Factory at Lisbon to W. Pitt. Undesirable precedent created by the confiscation of the money taken from Humphrey Bunster in May 1755, which imperils whole foundation and structure of British trade. Ask for King George's intervention to get redress and abolition of the law against the export of bullion.

Date and place: 1759 [Apr 1 ?] Lisbon.

Note
Enclosed in f.242. Unsigned. Copy.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6845973/

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal

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