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  Stair to Carteret: the country is frozen over. He awaits his orders with impatience....

  Stair to Carteret: the country is frozen over. He awaits his orders with impatience. The court martial in Ponsonby's regiment. He restates his argument on recruitment. Dated at Ghent. ff. 226, 227

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Dec 15

  Reference

  SP 87/10/112

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  Carteret to Stair and [Robert] Trevor: he is preparing to visit the Netherlands....

  Carteret to Stair and [Robert] Trevor: he is preparing to visit the Netherlands. He will sail to Helvoetsluys and from thence to The Hague. Dated (OS) at Whitehall. f. 104

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Sep 17

  Reference

  SP 87/10/48

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  Villiers to Stair: he is leaving for Hubertsburg. movements of the French in Germany...

  Villiers to Stair: he is leaving for Hubertsburg. movements of the French in Germany and Bohemia. They are being supplied with Saxon connivance. Dated at Leipzig. ff. 130, 131

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Oct 06

  Reference

  SP 87/10/61

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  Ligonier to Carteret, on the purchase for the king of maps and matricules (details...

  Ligonier to Carteret, on the purchase for the king of maps and matricules (details of what each village could provide to supply an army) from Mr Top. ff. 125, 126

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Oct 11

  Reference

  SP 87/10/59

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  Stair to Carteret: Lord Dunmore has approved of Stair's proposal for recruitment,...

  Stair to Carteret: Lord Dunmore has approved of Stair's proposal for recruitment, which means that all the general officers are in agreement. Those officers who are members of parliament have leave to go to England. Lord Loudoun has arrived, but with…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Nov 17

  Reference

  SP 87/10/92

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  [Colonel] William Graeme to Stair: negotiations between Königseck and Belle-Isle...

  [Colonel] William Graeme to Stair: negotiations between Königseck and Belle-Isle are causing speculation in the army. Shortage of competent engineers. His fears that the Austrians will raise the siege. With list of French and Austrian killed and woun…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Sep 03

  Reference

  SP 87/10/27

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  Stair to Carteret: he will do his best to march the army into Germany. Since many...

  Stair to Carteret: he will do his best to march the army into Germany. Since many are sick, there must be a further augmentation of the hospital. Dated at Ghent. ff. 199, 200

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Nov 20

  Reference

  SP 87/10/97

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  [Copy sent to Stair]. To Sir John Eyles [postmaster genera] from Ed Weston: Carteret...

  [Copy sent to Stair]. To Sir John Eyles [postmaster genera] from Ed Weston: Carteret has instructed him to write regarding the Flanders mails. Letters from London should also not go through Calais. Carteret will write to Stair concerning it. Dated [O…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Oct 31

  Reference

  SP 87/10/95

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  Extract from a letter to M de Wasner from Arenberg: Stair has proposed that seven...

  Extract from a letter to M de Wasner from Arenberg: Stair has proposed that seven British battalions should remain at Mons, Ath and Charleroi. Since listening to the rhetoric of Prince George of Hesse and M de Monpietin [sic], he will not move his tr…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Dec 03

  Reference

  SP 87/10/107

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  Memorial on the cantonment of British troops on the upper Lys, with special consideration...

  Memorial on the cantonment of British troops on the upper Lys, with special consideration taken of Dunkirk. ff. 140, 141

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Oct 01-17

  Reference

  SP 87/10/67

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  [Colonel] Humphrey Bland to Stair, recommending Abraham Hume as a replacement for...

  [Colonel] Humphrey Bland to Stair, recommending Abraham Hume as a replacement for the late Mr Burroughs in the procurement of fodder. Dated at Brussels. ff. 190, 191

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Nov 14

  Reference

  SP 87/10/91

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  List of French troops between the Maas and the sea. ff. 11, 12

  List of French troops between the Maas and the sea. ff. 11, 12

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Aug 23

  Reference

  SP 87/10/5

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  [Colonel] William Graeme to Stair: progress of the siege of Prague. Two bloody French...

  [Colonel] William Graeme to Stair: progress of the siege of Prague. Two bloody French sorties. Dated at camp before Prague. ff. 40, 41

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Aug 24

  Reference

  SP 87/10/18

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  Onslow Burrish to Stair on representations by the chapter of Tongres that no troops...

  Onslow Burrish to Stair on representations by the chapter of Tongres that no troops should be quartered on clergy. Dated at Liège. ff. 186, 187

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Nov 09

  Reference

  SP 87/10/89

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  [Colonel] William Graeme to Stair: progress of the siege. Succesful but unexploited...

  [Colonel] William Graeme to Stair: progress of the siege. Succesful but unexploited sortie by the French. Dated at camp before Prague. ff. 4, 5

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Aug 20

  Reference

  SP 87/10/2

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  Stair to Carteret, recommending Charles Elphinstone, son of Lord Elphinstone. Stair...

  Stair to Carteret, recommending Charles Elphinstone, son of Lord Elphinstone. Stair encloses a report on the enemy from a reliable source. Dated at Ghent. f. 262

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Dec 29

  Reference

  SP 87/10/129

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  Stair to the states general: menace of the French army [Maillebois] advancing into...

  Stair to the states general: menace of the French army [Maillebois] advancing into Germany. He invites the Dutch to join Britain in a diversion to assist Austria. Dated at The Hague. ff. 6, 7

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Aug 20-28

  Reference

  SP 87/10/3

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  Stair's memorial with nine heads on conditions for a peace between the emperor and...

  Stair's memorial with nine heads on conditions for a peace between the emperor and Maria Theresa. ff. 112, 113

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Sep 28

  Reference

  SP 87/10/53

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  [Colonel] Thomas Lascelles to Carteret: Lord Stair was displeased with his report...

  [Colonel] Thomas Lascelles to Carteret: Lord Stair was displeased with his report on the fortifications at Dunkirk and asked him to give reasons in writing. Stair then told him to go to inspect the Austrian artillery at Delft. He asks to return to hi…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Sep 07

  Reference

  SP 87/10/23

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  Stair to M Hop: he thanks him for his invitation, but he is about to depart for Flanders...

  Stair to M Hop: he thanks him for his invitation, but he is about to depart for Flanders and the army. If the Netherlands, instead of subsisdizing Austria, were to join its forces with the British, the maritime powers could secure a lasting peace for…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1742 Sep 23

  Reference

  SP 87/10/46