Insurgent privateers and Atlantic trade threaten Lisbon
A 1776 letter from Lisbon describes alarm over American privateers and allied European armaments. It notes Spanish and French fleets, illicit prize trade, and the risk to English shipping, urging protection of commerce and questioning English naval policy. It also cites three captured English ships by the American privateer True Blue near the Rock of Lisbon.
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Spain
Great-Britain
Madrid
Versailles
Hawke
Bilboa
Gri- Gialdi
West-Indies
Cadiz
Ferrol
Carthagena
France
Brett
Toulon
Fats
Atlantic
Lizard
Cape St. Miary’s
America
Liséon
Portugal
Lisbon
Belem
Lifton
Joseph Persetta
True Blue
William Cole
Marblehead
Minister and King clash over assurances of pacific aims
The speech proclaims peaceful intentions while acknowledging France and Spain prepare for hostility. The King preserves public optimism as the Minister privately admits jealousy and suspicions, balancing public decorum with candid doubt about Bourbon promises. The tension between royal bearing and ministerial frankness is reconciled in rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Spain
Bourbon
Paris
Madrid
London
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