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Folio 129: Stair to Craggs. Jacobites laying wagers that Pretender will be on British...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/167/66

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This record is about the Folio 129: Stair to Craggs. Jacobites laying wagers that Pretender will be on British... dating from 1720 Feb 28 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/167/66
Date
1720 Feb 28
Description

Folio 129: Stair to Craggs. Jacobites laying wagers that Pretender will be on British throne within a year; they meet at Law's brother's house; Law contemptuous of British financial position; Senneterre and Plenoeuf going to England as France's representatives; theformer has had instructions from Law and Leblanc, not Dubois; public enraged against Law; inflation; decree forbidding retention of large sums of coin; Law declares France will not relinquish Pensacola and will oppose British Asiento privilege; Law obstructs sale of Yarmouth herrings to France, preferring dearer Dutch herrings; Regent condemns detention of British ships and searching of British couriers by [Compagnie agents]; build up of army and navy in France.

Date and place: 1720 Feb 28, Paris.

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Language
French
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