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Marlborough [to Harley]: he hopes for better news from Portugal. He encloses a letter...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/2/53

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SP 87/2/53
Date
1704 Jul 20
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Marlborough [to Harley]: he hopes for better news from Portugal. He encloses a letter from the emperor [Leopold I], who has offered to raise him to the title of prince, and another from the elector Palatine regarding the possibility of the king of the Romans serving with the army. He intends to garrison Aicha[ch]. Dated at Aicha[ch]. ff. 97-100

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English
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