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Boyd to Bute: although he has permission to come to England, he thinks the situation...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/41/36

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SP 87/41/36
Date
18 April 1761
Description

Boyd to Bute: although he has permission to come to England, he thinks the situation in Germany is such that he should not. He solicits to be made colonel and aide de camp to the king. The hereditary prince has set out for Münster. Dated at headquarters at Neuhaus. ff. 70, 71

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