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Folio 284: Thompson to Newcastle. Few French applications for licences to privateer;...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/229/107

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This record is about the Folio 284: Thompson to Newcastle. Few French applications for licences to privateer;... dating from 1744 Apr 13 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/229/107
Date
1744 Apr 13
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Folio 284: Thompson to Newcastle. Few French applications for licences to privateer; war not expected to last long; French hopes of a Jacobite takeover have faded; French reluctance to welcome Charles Stuart at Court because of the expense; Fenelon may try again toobtain Dutch neutrality before France commences a campaign in Flanders; reports that Franco-Spanish forces have taken Nice, and that Don Carlos' is joining de Gages' army.

Date and place: 1744 Apr 13 Paris.

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