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Ligonier to Carteret: Mr Top's plans have been sold to Prince William of Hesse. Movement...
Ligonier to Carteret: Mr Top's plans have been sold to Prince William of Hesse. Movement of the Hanoverians and Hessians into quarters; Stair has contracted for forage only for a fortnight.. Dated at Ghent. ff. 197, 198
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1732 Nov 07
- Reference
- SP 87/10/96
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Carteret to Stair, with a list of officers the king wishes to return to England....
Carteret to Stair, with a list of officers the king wishes to return to England. Dated [OS] at Whitehall. f. 207
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Nov 22
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- SP 87/10/102
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Carteret to Lieutenant General Clayton: he may return when he is in a position to...
Carteret to Lieutenant General Clayton: he may return when he is in a position to give an accurate account of the state of the armies, especially the Austrians. Dated (OS) at Whitehall. ff. 260, 261
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Dec 17
- Reference
- SP 87/10/128
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[Enclosure to SP 87/10/43 ]: list of French forces between the Meuse and the sea...
[Enclosure to SP 87/10/43]: list of French forces between the Meuse and the sea as at 1 February. ff. 96, 97
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Sep 01-1742 Sep 25
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- SP 87/10/44
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Stair to Carteret: the only difficulties the king will meet when he arrives to lead...
He has written a letter to Arenberg [SP 87/10/56], and added an alternative to the plan [SP 87/10/57]. Alarm of Dutch ministers at 'xx reports'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1742 Oct 02
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- SP 87/10/55
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Stair to Carteret: Count Sinzheim has shown him two letters from the emperor, who...
He encloses the heads of a memorial [SP 87/10/53] on the subject for Prince William. He does not believe Maillebois will enter Bohemia. He encloses a parcel from Prince William of Hesse.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1742 Sep 28
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- SP 87/10/52
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Stair to Marshal Count Königseck: he fears he has been in disgrace with the marshal....
Stair to Marshal Count Königseck: he fears he has been in disgrace with the marshal. He had hoped to establish a barrier between the empire and France, but Maillebois' march prevented this. When the Hanoverians and Hessians arrive, he hopes to captur…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1742 Sep 19
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- SP 87/10/42
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Stair to Prince William of Hesse: the Hessians are approaching, and will be put to...
Stair to Prince William of Hesse: the Hessians are approaching, and will be put to good use. What route will the French army take after joining with Saxe? He doubts it will be to Bohemia. He believes that the emperor will be reconciled with Maria The…
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Sep 25
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- SP 87/10/47
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Extract from a letter from Count Harrach: Stair's refusal to march into Germany is...
Extract from a letter from Count Harrach: Stair's refusal to march into Germany is based on his fears for the cavalry's subsistence. He has advised Arenberg to write to the electors etc. through whose territories the troops will pass to ask them to p…
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Dec 04
- Reference
- SP 87/10/108
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Enclosure to SP 87/10/89: precis of an address by Burrish to the bishop of Liège...
Enclosure to SP 87/10/89: precis of an address by Burrish to the bishop of Liège on 3 November 1742, informing him that scarcity of forage has obliged Stair to send a small number of Hanoverian troops
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Nov 03
- Reference
- SP 87/10/90
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Order of battle of the king's troops
Order of battle of the king's troops
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1742 Nov 01
- Reference
- SP 87/10/84
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Stair's proposal for augmenting his army by adding to each battalion two companies,...
Stair's proposal for augmenting his army by adding to each battalion two companies, and to each squadron a troop, drawn from Britain and Ireland. ff. 177, 178
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1742 Nov 14
- Reference
- SP 87/10/87
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Memorial by or on behalf of the elector of Mainz: he has been informed that Maillesbois...
Memorial by or on behalf of the elector of Mainz: he has been informed that Maillesbois and his army are about to leave Westphalia, and may lay siege to Mainz. Consequently the British and Austrian ministers have decided to offer him troops sufficien…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Aug 01-24
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- SP 87/10/13
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Memorial on conversations between Stair, Arenberg and Neipperg: the need for infantry;...
Memorial on conversations between Stair, Arenberg and Neipperg: the need for infantry; it would be more sensible for British troops to winter in Normandy than in Britain or Ireland. Austria needs more troops in the low countries, and should be subsid…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1742 Sep 01
- Reference
- SP 87/10/6
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Petition to the king of Major Richard Bassett: following his court martial he was...
Petition to the king of Major Richard Bassett: following his court martial he was suspended for six months, of which he has served three. He has petitioned Stair for the remission of the remainder, but Stair replied that it was not in his power. He t…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Dec 18
- Reference
- SP 87/10/114
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Stair's project: he suggests that instead of marching for the Moselle, the Hanoverians...
Stair's project: he suggests that instead of marching for the Moselle, the Hanoverians should in five or six weeks send a reconnaissance party into Juliers and the archbishopric of Cologne to determine to see how many cavalry they could support, the …
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Dec 02
- Reference
- SP 87/10/105
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Extract from a letter by the count of Harrach: the prince-bishop of Liège has complained...
Extract from a letter by the count of Harrach: the prince-bishop of Liège has complained to the imperial diet at Frankfurt [am Main] about the Hanoverian troops being quartered in his territory without his leave. He pointed this out at the time to St…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Dec 01
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- SP 87/10/106
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Stair's 'disposition of march' for the army: the infantry to advance into Juliers...
Stair's 'disposition of march' for the army: the infantry to advance into Juliers while the cavalry remain in garrison in the low countries. Dated at Ghent. ff. 248, 249
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1742 Dec 22
- Reference
- SP 87/10/122
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Stair to Carteret, enclosing a list of French troops in the Netherlands [ SP 87/10/5...
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1742 Sep 01
- Reference
- SP 87/10/4
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Carteret to Stair: he is to proceed with recruiting in the usual manner, by sending...
He encloses a letter from the postmaster general [SP 87/10/94] and his reply [SP 87/10/95]. Dated at Whitehall. ff. 193, 194
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1742 Nov 12
- Reference
- SP 87/10/93