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Folio 172: Harcourt to Weymouth. Spain has placed an embargo on all ships at Cadiz...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/277/66

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This record is about the Folio 172: Harcourt to Weymouth. Spain has placed an embargo on all ships at Cadiz... dating from 1769 Mar 20 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/277/66
Date
1769 Mar 20
Description

Folio 172: Harcourt to Weymouth. Spain has placed an embargo on all ships at Cadiz and Barcelona, in order to acquire a number of transports for sending troops to Louisiana. The abbé Begliardi has arrived from Spain, possibly to aid Choiseul against du Barry. The fate of the French Compagnie des Indes will be decided in a few days. There is discontent and unrest in St. Domingo.

Date and place: 1769 Mar 20 Paris.

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