Item
Copy of SP 87/12/33. ff. 86, 87
Catalogue reference: SP 87/13/42
Date: 1743 Jun 02
Copy of SP 87/12/33. ff. 86, 87
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R Irvine to [Under Secretary] James Wallace, quoting verbatim from a letter from...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/31/16
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- 15 April 1758
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R Irvine to [Under Secretary] James Wallace, quoting verbatim from a letter from La Rochelle. It states that ten English warships (it gives their sizes) are anchored in the roads half a league from the island of Aix. At the island were anchored twenty [French] merchant ships, four of the king's flutes, two ships of the line and four frigates. They all made sail, and with a favourable wind reached the river Charente, but there was not enough water, being low tide. Irvine has sent a tender with the news, and hopes for the destruction of the French ships. Dated at Flushing. ff. 36, 37
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Vice-consul R Irvine at Vlessinge (Flushing). (Described at item level).
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