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 324: Vice-admiral Gayton to Stephens. He describes the incident of a French...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/300/130
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This record is about the Folio 324: Vice-admiral Gayton to Stephens. He describes the incident of a French... dating from 1776 Oct 8 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 78/300/130
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1776 Oct 8
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Folio 324: Vice-admiral Gayton to Stephens. He describes the incident of a French frigate demanding the release of a rebel schooner taken by the Squirrel on waters claimed to be French by the French commander. He also refers to the packet Anvia Teresa leaving her convoy, to illicit trade on the Mississippi, to Spanish customs officers seizing two sloops. Gayton reports that ships under his command have taken 46 rebel vessels, including 8 by the Diligence at Pensacola.
Date and place: 1776 Oct 8 on HMS Squirrel, Jamaica.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enclosed in f.323 Copy
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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