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Folio 3: Memorial delivered by Guines. Britain having asked for free entry into France...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/288/2

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This record is about the Folio 3: Memorial delivered by Guines. Britain having asked for free entry into France... dating from 1773 Apr 17 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/288/2
Date
1773 Apr 17
Description

Folio 3: Memorial delivered by Guines. Britain having asked for free entry into France for Wedgwood pottery, France wishes to discuss reciprocal agreements for free entry of goods and to extend such concessions. French requests would be: 1, reduction of exorbitant duties on wine and brandy; 2, entry of wine, brandy and liqueurs to be permitted in bottles as well as casks; 3, abolition of the ban on salt, linens, cambric, lace and silk sitched in gold or silver and that these imports be permitted subject to duty related to the value of each object.

Note
Enclosed in f.1.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7346343/

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