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Catalogue description Folios 181-182. A letter from inhabitants, dated at Whitehaven [Cumberland], requesting...
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| Reference: | SP 37/12/72 |
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| Description: |
Folios 181-182. A letter from inhabitants, dated at Whitehaven [Cumberland], requesting arms to defend against attacks [such as the one recently mounted from the American Patriot privateer 'Ranger', under the command of John Paul Jones out of Brest, France]. Endorsed with a refusal from the Board [of Ordnance] on the grounds of there being no garrison to lodge them securely. |
| Date: | 1778 May 12 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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