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Voyage of ships and cargoes from Lisbon to the Port
The report notes arrival at the port on the 27th of a ship from Rio de Janeiro bringing 221,216 032 Ree and 149 Avonesy gr Wicks. lading includes 319 Werks of silver, 43 Arches of gold, 30 Marks of wrought gold, 803 Crs of Eight, and vast quantities of sugar and diamonds. It mentions merchant specifics and a political dispatch about Corsican rebels and European powers.
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Lisbon
Mugu
Janeiro
Gua
Justiniasi
Saate
Corsica
Republick
Ammer
Madrid
Naples
Don John Baptiste de Gages
Matfal
Gaeta