Vero RecordArchive

International records / UK National Archives

Folio 298: E. Hay to W. Pitt. Defeat of the Toulon squadron off Lagos by...

SP 89/51/113 | Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. Edward Hay, Sir Henry Frankland, John Whitehead and Mathew Hiccox. | Folio 298: E. Hay to W. Pitt. Defeat of the Toulon squadron off Lagos by Admiral Boscawen, of which he encloses a rather confused Portuguese account (f.300). Forsees the Portuguese will protest over a breach of their neutrality, so is endeavouring to palliate Boscawen's conduct as best he can. Date and place: 1759 Aug 27 Lisbon.

No file is held for this record yet. The catalogue entry and the link to where it was published are kept.