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Folio 39: R. Walpole to Earl of Hillsborough. Latest news of siege of Gibraltar,...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/87/16

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This record is about the Folio 39: R. Walpole to Earl of Hillsborough. Latest news of siege of Gibraltar,... dating from 1780 Feb 19 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/87/16
Date
1780 Feb 19
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Folio 39: R. Walpole to Earl of Hillsborough. Latest news of siege of Gibraltar, and other war news from Spain. Portuguese trying to reinforce their navy with converted Brazil ships. Encloses affidavit on the mistreatment of midshipman Marsh by the Spaniards.

Date and place: 1780 Feb 19 Lisbon.

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