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Folio 290: Stormont to Weymouth. Coudray has gone to La Rochelle with 5 engineers...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/300/116

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This record is about the Folio 290: Stormont to Weymouth. Coudray has gone to La Rochelle with 5 engineers... dating from 1776 Nov 27 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/300/116
Date
1776 Nov 27
Description

Folio 290: Stormont to Weymouth. Coudray has gone to La Rochelle with 5 engineers to embark for America. Some help for them arranged by Beaumarchais has been delayed. He hears that Maurepas will not be entrapped by Aranda and hopes that this is true. While pretending that France's secret manoeuvres are undiscovered, Britain must prepare for the worst.

Date and place: 1776 Nov 27 Paris.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
International
Europe and Russia
Americas
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France

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Folio 290: Stormont to Weymouth. Coudray has gone to La Rochelle with 5 engineers...

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