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Sheet Number SP 89 SE
Catalogue reference: OS 42/19382
Date: 1976 May 06
Sheet Number SP 89 SE
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Folio 281: R. Walpole to Earl of Hillsborough. Encloses copies of a printed decree...
Catalogue reference: SP 89/87/107
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This record is about the Folio 281: R. Walpole to Earl of Hillsborough. Encloses copies of a printed decree... dating from 1780 Sept 17 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1780 Sept 17
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Folio 281: R. Walpole to Earl of Hillsborough. Encloses copies of a printed decree (f.286) and other documentation on the Queen of Portugal's decision to forbid `all privateers the ports of the Kingdom and Dominions of Portugal, and also all prizes whatsoever made as well by King's ships as others'. His conversations with Mello e Castro on this decree, which Walpole considers is aimed entirely at the English, despite Mello e Castro's denials and explanations. Awaits further instructions from H.M.'s government. Portuguese are strengthening their Navy, but cutting down on their army, showing that they feel quite secure from Spanish and French hostilities.
Date and place: 1780 Sept 17 Lisbon.
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