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Folio 109: G. Crowle to C. Amyand. Departure of the fleets for the Rio de Janeiro...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/49/54

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This record is about the Folio 109: G. Crowle to C. Amyand. Departure of the fleets for the Rio de Janeiro... dating from 1753 June 10 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/49/54
Date
1753 June 10
Description

Folio 109: G. Crowle to C. Amyand. Departure of the fleets for the Rio de Janeiro and Maranhão-Para. Latter is now a `very improving colony, and only lately attended to', abounding in `coffee, cocoa, sugar, tobacco and cotton, and all the spices of the East Indies.' Dispute with Spain over frontier readjustments in S. America. Drought still continues, threatening widespread misery.

Date and place: 1753 June 10 Lisbon.

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal

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