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Stair to Carteret, requesting plain and positive instructions. He intends to send...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/10/123

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This record is about the Stair to Carteret, requesting plain and positive instructions. He intends to send... dating from 1742 Dec 23 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 87/10/123

Date

1742 Dec 23

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Stair to Carteret, requesting plain and positive instructions. He intends to send the Hessians to Mons, Charleroi and Ath, and the Hanoverians to Liège. He requests instructions on recruiting. He recommends Hume to replace Burroughs. An offer to raise two Swiss regiments. Dated at Ghent. ff. 250, 251

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English

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