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Folio 293: Blaquiere to Rochford. Aiguillon discussed the Falkland with Shelburne,...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/283/111

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This record is about the Folio 293: Blaquiere to Rochford. Aiguillon discussed the Falkland with Shelburne,... dating from 1771 Dec 18 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/283/111
Date
1771 Dec 18
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Folio 293: Blaquiere to Rochford. Aiguillon discussed the Falkland with Shelburne, even though he had been told that Shelburne was in opposition to the government at home. He has been presented to the king and dined with Aiguillon, who said Shelburne thought the islands not worth disputing about but preferred war to allowing Corsica to go to France.

Date and place: 1771 Dec 18 Paris.

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