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R Irvine to [Under-Secretary] James Wallace: pickets and patrols continue at Dunkirk...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/31/49

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SP 87/31/49
Date
4 December 1758
Description

R Irvine to [Under-Secretary] James Wallace: pickets and patrols continue at Dunkirk for fear of Commodore Hughes' squadron. He has received from his lordship [Holdernesse] copies of the king's speech to both houses of parliament and the addresses to the throne. The Dutch speak of a quadruple alliance between themselves, Spain, Denmark and Sweden. He encloses a letter from Ghent. Dated at Flushing. ff. 107, 108

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions

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Vice-consul R Irvine at Vlessinge (Flushing). (Described at item level).

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R Irvine to [Under-Secretary] James Wallace: pickets and patrols continue at Dunkirk...

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