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Folio 209: Selkirk to [?Dartmouth]. Thanks him for promise of protection over affair...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/157/100

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This record is about the Folio 209: Selkirk to [?Dartmouth]. Thanks him for promise of protection over affair... dating from 1713 July 22 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/157/100
Date
1713 July 22
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Folio 209: Selkirk to [?Dartmouth]. Thanks him for promise of protection over affair of Chastelherault [Châtellerault]. French Court offered a pension worth twenty thousand pounds. Refused offer. Would give up claim to Duchy and all arrears if given four hundred thousand pounds together with pension, but French refused to pay this. De Torcy wants affair to be managed by Commissaries. Selkirk hopes Queen Anne will appoint some too so that justice is ensured, and asks for her help so that his brother's debts may be paid.

Date and place: 1713 July 22, Paris.

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