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Folio 114: Stormont to Weymouth. Souza has told him of his brother's correspondence....

Catalogue reference: SP 78/298/50

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This record is about the Folio 114: Stormont to Weymouth. Souza has told him of his brother's correspondence.... dating from 1776 Feb 14 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/298/50
Date
1776 Feb 14
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Folio 114: Stormont to Weymouth. Souza has told him of his brother's correspondence. Vergennes had a high opinion of lord Howe on his appointment to command the fleet. The Swedish ambassador said how important it was for Sweden and all Europe that Britain should have speedy and complete success in America and that Sweden owed Britain a great debt, threatened as she was by Russia.

Date and place: 1776 Feb 14 Paris.

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