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Folio 172: Private and secret instructions for Waldegrave. George II is not willing...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/217/70

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This record is about the Folio 172: Private and secret instructions for Waldegrave. George II is not willing... dating from 1738 Apr 10/21 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/217/70
Date
1738 Apr 10/21
Description

Folio 172: Private and secret instructions for Waldegrave. George II is not willing to try to stop Prussian troops from marching to the frontiers of Berg and Julich by forbidding passage through his German possessions; asks him to discover if France will back George II's claim to East Friesland; George II willing to allow Dutch to keep a garrison at Emden.

Date and place: 1738 Apr 10/21 StJames.

Note
Enclosing f.176 Draft
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The National Archives, Kew
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