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 139: Memorial from the merchants, traders and ship owners of London to Weymouth....
Catalogue reference: SP 78/305/65
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This record is about the Folio 139: Memorial from the merchants, traders and ship owners of London to Weymouth.... dating from 1777 Nov 24 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 78/305/65
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1777 Nov 24
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folio 139: Memorial from the merchants, traders and ship owners of London to Weymouth. It complains that France permits prizes taken by American privateers to be taken into French ports and sold with their cargoes, without any ruling by a court. If this continues, it will encourage piracy and put insurance premiums beyond their reach.
Date and place: 1777 Nov 24 London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- with over 100 signatures. Copy enclosed in f.122.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7348554/
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SP 78
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France
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