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Folio 25: E. Hay to Earl of Halifax. The recently created monopolistic commercial...

Catalogue reference: SP 89/59/13

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This record is about the Folio 25: E. Hay to Earl of Halifax. The recently created monopolistic commercial... dating from 1764 Feb 11 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 89/59/13
Date
1764 Feb 11
Description

Folio 25: E. Hay to Earl of Halifax. The recently created monopolistic commercial companies have no credit with foreigners, and bulk of the natives dislike them also. Pernambuco Company recently did well when price of sugar was high, but this has now dropped with the peace. Portuguese ministers anxious to persuade foreigners to invest in these companies, but he thinks they would be wrong to do so.

Date and place: 1764 Feb 11 Lisbon.

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