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Cumberland to Chesterfield: Sandwich has written to him that the site of the congress...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/23/185
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This record is about the Cumberland to Chesterfield: Sandwich has written to him that the site of the congress... dating from 16 October 1747 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 16 October 1747
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Cumberland to Chesterfield: Sandwich has written to him that the site of the congress has been named as Aix-la-Chapelle, and Cumberland fears the French emissaries will spy on his posts and quarters. The route he intends to take to Breda. He has sent Lieutenant Colonel Amherst to the prince of Orange. Dated at headquarters at 'Hoicht'. ff 398-400
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
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