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Folio 50: `Extract of a letter from Mr Consul Hardy' to E. Hay. Thinks the Spaniards...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/62/20

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This record is about the Folio 50: `Extract of a letter from Mr Consul Hardy' to E. Hay. Thinks the Spaniards... dating from 1766 Feb 5 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/62/20
Date
1766 Feb 5
Description

Folio 50: `Extract of a letter from Mr Consul Hardy' to E. Hay. Thinks the Spaniards are not in a financial condition to undertake an invasion of Portugal or an attack on Gibraltar. Their recent troop movements in Andalusia are probably in connection with cheaper prices for corn there.

Date and place: 1766 Feb 5 Cadiz.

Note
Enclosed in f.47. Copy.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6846868/

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal

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