Item
Duplicate of SP 78/278 f.252 [see also SP 78/f.250].
Catalogue reference: SP 78/279/3
Date: 1769 nd
Duplicate of SP 78/278 f.252 [see also SP 78/f.250].
Item
Folio 318: Extract from letter of Mr. Benjamin Lester to governor Shuldham. 18 boats...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/285/74
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This record is about the Folio 318: Extract from letter of Mr. Benjamin Lester to governor Shuldham. 18 boats... dating from 1772 July 4 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 78/285/74
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1772 July 4
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folio 318: Extract from letter of Mr. Benjamin Lester to governor Shuldham. 18 boats from two French vessels fished in the harbour of Port Bonavista and landed to cure their fish and build a landing stage. They took the fish north to Greens Pond. The English fishermen recently combined to throw part of their catch into the sea.
Date and place: 1772 July 4 Trinity [Newfoundland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enclosed in f.314.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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