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Folio 208: Henry Worsley to James Stanhope. French have asked the Portuguese government...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/23/96

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This record is about the Folio 208: Henry Worsley to James Stanhope. French have asked the Portuguese government... dating from 1715 May 10, NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/23/96
Date
1715 May 10, NS
Description

Folio 208: Henry Worsley to James Stanhope. French have asked the Portuguese government for leave to settle four families in Brazil, at Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambuco, as the British already have the right to do. Thinks that the French have now got leave fora Consul at Bahia, and suspects there is a secret Franco-Portuguese treaty of commerce, though Portuguese Secretary of State still strongly denies it. Frontier negotiations.

Date and place: 1715 May 10, NS Lisbon.

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