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Carteret to Wade: the French proposal for a cartel has been referred to the lords...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/14/147

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This record is about the Carteret to Wade: the French proposal for a cartel has been referred to the lords... dating from 1744 Jul 20 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 87/14/147
Date
1744 Jul 20
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Carteret to Wade: the French proposal for a cartel has been referred to the lords of the admiralty. French prisoners will continue to be sent to Calais. He encloses a duplicate of his letter of 17 July and an extract [SP 87/14/148] of a letter from Trevor on the proposed siege of Maubeuge. The British artillery train is to be moved to Antwerp, and a twenty-gun ship has been ordered to escort it. Colonel Lascelles may be employed at The Hague. [Lieutenant] General Hawley may not sell his troop. Dated (OS) at Whitehall. ff. 252-254

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English
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