Item
Duplicate of SP 78/278 f.252 [see also SP 78/f.250].
Catalogue reference: SP 78/279/3
Date: 1769 nd
Duplicate of SP 78/278 f.252 [see also SP 78/f.250].
Item
Folio 216: Thompson to Couraud. He has seen a secret paper given to all French ministers;...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/221/66
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Folio 216: Thompson to Couraud. He has seen a secret paper given to all French ministers; Anglo-Spanish conflict over Florida, and the right to search ships for contraband and French attitudes thereto; Dutch and Austrians unlikely to ally with Britain; proposes French neutrality but with a Treaty defining boundary between Louisiana and Florida and a moderate naval rearmament; France can best gain her objectives by gradual advance.
Date and place: 1739 Oct 23 Fontainebleau.
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