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Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick to Holdernesse: as he has been asked to give details...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/37/17
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This record is about the Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick to Holdernesse: as he has been asked to give details... dating from 1760 February 3 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 87/37/17
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1760 February 3
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Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick to Holdernesse: as he has been asked to give details of Lord George Sackville's behaviour at the battle [of Minden], he encloses a relation of the battle to demonstrate Sackville's dereliction of duty [SP 87/37/18]. He also encloses some correspondence between himself and Sackville after the battle [SP 87/37/22-24]. The English officers requested by Sackville to testify in England are already there. One of the Germans is ill, but he will send the other two. Dated at Paderborn. ff. 34, 35
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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SP 87
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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 87/37
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Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick to Holdernesse: as he has been asked to give details...