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 227: St. Paul to Rochford. 9 frigates are fitting out for exercises at Brest...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/295/81
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This record is about the Folio 227: St. Paul to Rochford. 9 frigates are fitting out for exercises at Brest... dating from 1775 Apr 5 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1775 Apr 5
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Folio 227: St. Paul to Rochford. 9 frigates are fitting out for exercises at Brest and Rochefort but no ships of the line. Spain has 12 frigates and 4 ships of the line, more than are needed against the coast of Africa. St. Paul is suspicious. France cannot afford a war but wiser counsels may not prevail. Encloses f.230.
Date and place: 1775 Apr 5 Paris.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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