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Folio 105: Pontchartrain to Dartmouth. Complaint about a privateer from Guernsey...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/156/45

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This record is about the Folio 105: Pontchartrain to Dartmouth. Complaint about a privateer from Guernsey... dating from 1712 Aug 13 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/156/45
Date
1712 Aug 13
Description

Folio 105: Pontchartrain to Dartmouth. Complaint about a privateer from Guernsey who captured a French vessel, Le St. Pierre, from the owner Hardouin, and took Martin Bernard hostage. Hardouin has offered the ransom but is unable to pay the additional sum now demanded for Bernard's board and lodging. Asks for clemency and justice.

Date and place: 1712 Aug 13, Fontainebleau.

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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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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France

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