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 57: Letter received from Barcelona. Every day mules and horses are embarked,...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/296/23
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This record is about the Folio 57: Letter received from Barcelona. Every day mules and horses are embarked,... dating from 1774 May 4 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 78/296/23
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1774 May 4
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folio 57: Letter received from Barcelona. Every day mules and horses are embarked, to join the rest of the expedition at Cartagena. It details what the 152 vessels are carrying; 10,000 infantry, 2 squadrons of dragoons or cavalry, 200 artillerymen with 50 mules. Colonels will have only 1 horse, all other officers will go on foot and be allowed only a small valise and 2 kit cases. The corps commanders can have either a document case and a valise or 1 trunk. The choice of a commander may fall on an officer with experience in America. St. Paul underlined the word America.
Date and place: 1774 May 4 Barcelona.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enclosed in f.54 Copy
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7347045/
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