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Chesterfield to Cumberland: as many of the king's servants are in the country, he...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/23/8

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SP 87/23/8
Date
7 July 1747
Description

Chesterfield to Cumberland: as many of the king's servants are in the country, he cannot reply to the principal point of Cumberland's letter of 10 July until the next day. He invites Cumberland to suggest two or three names as colonel of the proposed new highland regiment. Dated (OS) at Whitehall. f. 15

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The National Archives, Kew
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