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Folio 200: Walpole to Weymouth. He reports further numbers of ships. Registered seamen...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/281/83

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This record is about the Folio 200: Walpole to Weymouth. He reports further numbers of ships. Registered seamen... dating from 1770 Nov 4 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/281/83
Date
1770 Nov 4
Description

Folio 200: Walpole to Weymouth. He reports further numbers of ships. Registered seamen amount to 72,000. Embargoes on merchant ships are extended to most ports. 5,000 men are to be employed at Brest. 40,000 troops are to move into Brittany. Army officers are to report by March 1st.

Date and place: 1770 Nov 4 Paris.

Note
Decoded cipher.
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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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