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Folio 228: L. Pinto de Sousa to Viscount Weymouth. Demanding the release of Ensign...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/86/95

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This record is about the Folio 228: L. Pinto de Sousa to Viscount Weymouth. Demanding the release of Ensign... dating from 1779 Sept 15 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/86/95
Date
1779 Sept 15
Description

Folio 228: L. Pinto de Sousa to Viscount Weymouth. Demanding the release of Ensign Manuel Alexander Barros, an officer in the garrison of Angola, who by a singular series of misfortunes, when proceeding to Portugal on leave was captured on board of a French ship and is now in prison at Bristol. The Queen renews her demand for the French pilot of the Boa Viagem at Liverpool, regarding his continued detention as an unfriendly act and an insult to the Portuguese flag.

Date and place: 1779 Sept 15 London.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6848878/

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