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R Irvine to [Under Secretary] Richard Potenger: the Belle-Isle is still under arrest...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/31/79
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- 15 August 1759
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R Irvine to [Under Secretary] Richard Potenger: the Belle-Isle is still under arrest in Dunkirk, but one of Captain Thurot's officers is reported to be willing to stand bail. The other ships of the squadron [named] are in the roads. French and Swiss Guards volunteers and remnants of the Louisburg garrison will be embarked on it. It will not sail until joined by Thurot and ships expected from Brest. Dated at Flushing. ff. 175, 176
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SP 87
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
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Within the department: SP
Records assembled by the State Paper Office, including papers of the Secretaries...
Within the series: SP 87
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
Within the piece: SP 87/31
Vice-consul R Irvine at Vlessinge (Flushing). (Described at item level).
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R Irvine to [Under Secretary] Richard Potenger: the Belle-Isle is still under arrest...