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Folio 235: Stormont to Weymouth. Information from [Thomas - see f.233] about artillery...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/303/99

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SP 78/303/99
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1777 July 23
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Folio 235: Stormont to Weymouth. Information from [Thomas - see f.233] about artillery to be shipped from Toulon possibly for Spain, about officers sailing from Bordeaux for America and English surgeons at Brest also for America. He also reported a plan to send a general officer, La Tour, to the East Indies, buying second-hand frigates for the purpose. Franklin has visited Sartine for the first time.

Date and place: 1777 July 23 Paris.

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