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 235: Stormont to Weymouth. Intelligence from secret channels. A monsieur Rochette...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/301/96
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This record is about the Folio 235: Stormont to Weymouth. Intelligence from secret channels. A monsieur Rochette... dating from 1777 Feb 15 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1777 Feb 15
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Folio 235: Stormont to Weymouth. Intelligence from secret channels. A monsieur Rochette from Pimlico and a French officer are spies for Noailles. An English engineer living at Dieppe called Mante is a spy for France. A merchant navy officer calling himself Smith, who came with lord Charles Montagu, often sees Franklin. He suspects that Franklin has occasional correspondence with Shelburne, lord Camden, Thomas Walpole, messers Samuel Wharton of Lisle street and Williams of Queen street, Cheapside. Fictitious names used by the above are given. Doctors Lee and Bancroft have come to Paris. He mentions Garnier's contacts.
Date and place: 1777 Feb 15 Paris.
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- Most confidential
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