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 56: Thompson to Newcastle. Belle-Isle received by Fleury and Louis XV; France...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/227A/26
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- SP 78/227A/26
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- 1742 Mar 7
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Folio 56: Thompson to Newcastle. Belle-Isle received by Fleury and Louis XV; France may withdraw from the Bohemia-Bavaria sphere because of the Dutch decision to augment their army; report of secret French exploratory peace negotiations with Austria; a renegade Frenchman informed Thompson that he read letters from Ireland in Maurepas' office suggesting French arms smuggling; no Irish regiments in the French army have been assigned to active service suggesting that France may be planning to assist an insurrection in Ireland; French capitulation tax provoked a riot at Lyons, where a mob hanged an effigy of the Provost des Marchands, he then had four of the demonstrators hanged in person; Prince Philip goes to Italy; Austrians capture Munich and win a battle at Schaubing.
Date and place: 1742 Mar 7 Paris.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enclosing f.63
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- The National Archives, Kew
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