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Folio 245: Captain William Bennett to Byron. He relates how, in answer to requests...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/283/90

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This record is about the Folio 245: Captain William Bennett to Byron. He relates how, in answer to requests... dating from 1771 Aug 16 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/283/90
Date
1771 Aug 16
Description

Folio 245: Captain William Bennett to Byron. He relates how, in answer to requests for help from British fishermen, he sent 2 shallops and found 46 French boats fishing illegally. He seized 10. He sent copies of the Treaty of Paris with each officer in command of ashallop.

Date and place: 1771 Aug 16 Aeolus Burin Harbour.

Note
Enclosed in f.239. Copy.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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