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 159: Sartine to Vergennes. Macnamara demanded the return of an officer named...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/300/67
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- SP 78/300/67
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1776 Oct 3
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Folio 159: Sartine to Vergennes. Macnamara demanded the return of an officer named Stantin, who deserted to Gorée. Le Brasseur refused and Macnamara sent an armed snow and 80 men, planning to capture him and threatening to fire on any ship opposing him. The snow appeared off the island, where 7 French ships, well armed, were waiting in the road. On other occasions the governor of Fort James illigally seized a long boat and also sent 3 ships into Albreda road to claim a dinghy.
Date and place: 1776 Oct 3 Versailles.
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- Enclosed in f.157 Copy
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- French
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