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Folio 436: W. Harmer and W. Hardcastle to R. Walpole. Danger of interception by the...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/87/159

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This record is about the Folio 436: W. Harmer and W. Hardcastle to R. Walpole. Danger of interception by the... dating from 1780 Dec 26 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/87/159
Date
1780 Dec 26
Description

Folio 436: W. Harmer and W. Hardcastle to R. Walpole. Danger of interception by the enemy of the exceedingly rich homeward-bound convoy now sailing from the Cape. Their efforts to keep this news secret on board the Portuguese East-Indiaman on which they have just arrived. Danger that the Imperial East-Indiaman Count Colerat may call at Cadiz on her way to Trieste and give news of the convoy. Hope Walpole will inform London accordingly.

Date and place: 1780 Dec 26 Lisbon.

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Enclosed in f.432. Copy.
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The National Archives, Kew
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6849104/

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