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Folio 156: Stormont to Weymouth. Vergennes has told him that the king of France will...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/298/63

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This record is about the Folio 156: Stormont to Weymouth. Vergennes has told him that the king of France will... dating from 1776 Feb 23 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/298/63
Date
1776 Feb 23
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Folio 156: Stormont to Weymouth. Vergennes has told him that the king of France will agree to the joint mediation of England and France in a congress in Paris, if Portugal require it in the usual manner and if Spain agrees. Stormont said that Portugal would not want the congress to be held Madrid, because of Pombal's feelings towards Grimaldi. Vergennes thought that the king of Spain might prefer Madrid.

Date and place: 1776 Feb 23 Paris.

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