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 62: Thompson to Newcastle. The spy [Castropiñano's Secretary] providing information...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/225/27
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- SP 78/225/27
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1741 Feb 20
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folio 62: Thompson to Newcastle. The spy [Castropiñano's Secretary] providing information about Spanish and Sicilian correspondence is disgruntled with his rates of pay; Spain has given a subsidy to Bavaria and is providing uniforms for her troops; Wasner has presented a memorial to France, asking her to try and restrain Spain and Bavaria from attacking Austria, and Sweden from attacking Russia; France has delayed her reply and Wasner hopes for pressure by the Maritime powers and Russia. The spy gives information that France may have assented to transit of Spanish troops; Sicilian ambassador hampered by lack of couriers.
Date and place: 1741 Feb 20 Paris.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enclosing ff.70, 72, 86, 96 and 99
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7339367/
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