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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
Item
R Irvine to Holdernesse: he offers his congratulations on the fall of Quebec. Thurot...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/31/94
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This record is about the R Irvine to Holdernesse: he offers his congratulations on the fall of Quebec. Thurot... dating from 23 October 1759 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 23 October 1759
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R Irvine to Holdernesse: he offers his congratulations on the fall of Quebec. Thurot will attack in England or Scotland and then sail for Gothenburg to be joined by ships and men from Sweden. Kidnapping of Richard Burleigh to act as pilot. Events at Dunkirk. Details and names of those implicated in smuggling and spy-running in Folkestone and Dover. Bilanders at Ostend are loading the cannon for Dunkirk. Dated at Flushing. PS. that he has learnt that Thurot is returning to Dunkirk. ff. 204-206
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- The National Archives, Kew
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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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