![Copy letter to the Earl of Tyrconnel from James Porter [20th century transcription],](/IIIF/000760000/000759604/vtls000759604_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
Copy letter to the Earl of Tyrconnel from James Porter [20th century transcription],
[19??].
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| Summary: | Porter says he has carried out Tyrconnel's instructions regarding the acquisition of arms. He and his associates have hired a saltpetre master and two journeymen, who will be sent to Ireland as soon as possible. He discusses the sourcing of saltpetre in the rubbish of old castles and pigeon-houses etc.; the supplies he will be sending soon; the news from England about the unpopularity of the 'usurper'; and the dispatch of twenty frigates to Ireland. He gives some news of the war on the continent from the French viewpoint. |
| In collection: | Letters to Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnel, and other documents,1687-1690 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | A transcription of the original item at MS 37/58, which was written from St. Germain on 29th May [1690]. Colonel James Porter was an Irish politician and supporter of James II. In 1689 he joined the King in exile at St Germain in France. Physical description: 1 item. more |
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| 500 | |a A transcription of the original item at MS 37/58, which was written from St. Germain on 29th May [1690]. | ||
| 520 | 8 | |a Porter says he has carried out Tyrconnel's instructions regarding the acquisition of arms. He and his associates have hired a saltpetre master and two journeymen, who will be sent to Ireland as soon as possible. He discusses the sourcing of saltpetre in the rubbish of old castles and pigeon-houses etc.; the supplies he will be sending soon; the news from England about the unpopularity of the 'usurper'; and the dispatch of twenty frigates to Ireland. He gives some news of the war on the continent from the French viewpoint. | |
| 540 | |a Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. | ||
| 545 | |a Colonel James Porter was an Irish politician and supporter of James II. In 1689 he joined the King in exile at St Germain in France. | ||
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