Courier in London, Middlesex

British note on Lisbon treaty and piracy declaration

A historic dispatch explains Baron da Ribeira Sabrosa and Viscount da Bandeira's debate over a Portuguese British slave trade treaty, the piracy declaration, and a proposed guarantor. It details signatures, secret understandings, delays, and correspondence among Lord Howard de Walden, the Viscount, and other officials as they weigh acceptable terms and possible outcomes.