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Folio 70: E. Hay to W. Pitt. Minor earthquake shocks and tremors at first caused...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/54/30

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This record is about the Folio 70: E. Hay to W. Pitt. Minor earthquake shocks and tremors at first caused... dating from 1761 Apr 2 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/54/30
Date
1761 Apr 2
Description

Folio 70: E. Hay to W. Pitt. Minor earthquake shocks and tremors at first caused general consternation, but very little damage. Business now returned to normal, and measures being taken to round up about 170 prisoners who escaped in the confusion.

Date and place: 1761 Apr 2 Lisbon.

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