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
Item
Holdernesse to Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, partially in cipher: on reception of...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/38/43
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- SP 87/38/43
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Date (When the record was created)
- 26 August 1760
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Holdernesse to Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, partially in cipher: on reception of Ferdinand's letters the king ordered his ministers to examine the state of the army in Britain to see if it was possible to make up the strength of that in Germany. It was reported that this would make the army at home so weak as to be useless. The king therefore regrets that he cannot make up the army in Germany. Dated at Whitehall. PS. on a Prussian victory over the Austrians. ff. 83-85
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- French
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