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Folio 47: Henry Worsley to James Craggs. Hopes Portuguese may drop their pretensions...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/28/23

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This record is about the Folio 47: Henry Worsley to James Craggs. Hopes Portuguese may drop their pretensions... dating from 1720 Mar 31, NS in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/28/23
Date
1720 Mar 31, NS
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Folio 47: Henry Worsley to James Craggs. Hopes Portuguese may drop their pretensions over demanding Customs duties from British naval stores. Argument over whether six or twelve is limit to number of British warships in Tagus any one time. Departure of the Rio Fleet and a ship for Macao with the Apostolic Papal Visitor, A. Mezzabarba. New law made concerning the confiscation of contraband gold from Brazil.

Date and place: 1720 Mar 31, NS Lisbon.

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