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Folio 181: Walpole to Weymouth. The information in Hort's letter [see f.175] is new...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/281/75

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This record is about the Folio 181: Walpole to Weymouth. The information in Hort's letter [see f.175] is new... dating from 1770 Oct 21 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/281/75
Date
1770 Oct 21
Description

Folio 181: Walpole to Weymouth. The information in Hort's letter [see f.175] is new to him. It seems to concern a ship reporting to Portugal about the action in the Falkland islands of the governor of Buenos Aires. He reports rumours about activities at Brest.

Date and place: 1770 Oct 21 Fontainebleau.

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