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 256: The chairman of the committee of merchants to Conway. They empower him...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/268/93
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This record is about the Folio 256: The chairman of the committee of merchants to Conway. They empower him... dating from 1765 Dec 19 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 78/268/93
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1765 Dec 19
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Folio 256: The chairman of the committee of merchants to Conway. They empower him to agree on their behalf to the following. France is to pay the proprietors 50% on all bills of exchange and certificates and 25% on cards and remaining certificates, with interest of4% per annum. In addition France is to pay the committee 1,500,000 livres tournois as a bonus on the cards and certificates and 1,000,000 livres as indemnification for the securities being under par, this to be distributed among the proprietors. He adds a calculation showing the total thus claimed to be 6,500,000 livres tournois without deductions. An alternative procedure produces a total of 7,500,000 livres.
Date and place: 1765 Dec 19 London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Signed: Brook Watson. Copy enclosed in f.253.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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