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Folio 132: [Pietro Bonsi, bishop of] Béziers [French ambassador extraordinary to...

Catalogue reference: SP 82/11/132

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This record is about the Folio 132: [Pietro Bonsi, bishop of] Béziers [French ambassador extraordinary to... dating from 1669 Apr 26 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Hamburg and Hanse Towns. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 82/11/132
Date
1669 Apr 26
Description

Folio 132: [Pietro Bonsi, bishop of] Béziers [French ambassador extraordinary to Poland] to [? Swann]. Cossacks who are already at Boristhene [? Boristhera] have requested their general Doroshenko to accept vest and other marks of protection from Porte and resolvedto shake off Polish domination and unite themselves with [the government of] Valachia; they have already sent deputies to Poland and Muscovy to notify them of their decision; at an assembly of theirs, special messenger from Turkey presented them with vests and delivered letter from sultan. [Polish] election diet to commence next week and will last long; duke [Philip William] of Neuburg and prince Charles [of Lorraine] appear as candidates, but Poles believe others will present themselves as such.

Date and Place: 1669 Apr. 26 Trepienta [sic] (Poland)

Note
French. Copy. Endorsed by Williamson 'Hamburg Aprill 27th R[eceived] 10th [i.e. May 10/20]. Marked by Swann 'Copey'. Written and addressed to Williamson by G. Newman and sealed with Swann's signet.
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