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Folio 196: Pontchartrain to Dartmouth. One thousand British prisoners still at Dinant....

Catalogue reference: SP 78/155/66

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SP 78/155/66
Date
1711 Sept 9
Description

Folio 196: Pontchartrain to Dartmouth. One thousand British prisoners still at Dinant. Demands better treatment of French prisoners; protests at their high mortality, starved in insanitary British prisons. Demands return to France of certain English officers whose parole has expired. Baron Heyder is now in a position to pay his English debts. Complaint from fisherman of La Hougue whose nets were stolen by the crew of two English ships [f.186]. Compensation required.

Date and place: 1711 Sept 9, Fontainebleau.

Note
For enclosures see ff.186, 188, 192, 194 or ff. 200 - 206
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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
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Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7328884/

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