Adventures En Route to Portugal
Document 1797Smith relates his adventures on the way to Lisbon as well as the state of relations between Portual and its neighbors Spain and France.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Smith relates his adventures on the way to Lisbon as well as the state of relations between Portual and its neighbors Spain and France.
Date
08/24/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Lisbon, Portugal
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797082440001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Pickering to Smith, 12/03/1797.
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
William Loughton Smith
Commodore Papin
Privateers
Old Regime
Comptroller or Auditory of the Navy
Admiral Nelson
Secretary of State
the Pinto
Mr. Bulkeley [?]
Brazil men
Notable locations
Lisbon, Portugal
the Orient
West Indies
London
Philadelphia
Holland
Notable items
passage of 27 days from the Capes near the western isles
ships of war
English colors
Concord, frigate of 44 guns
French [language]
cabin
my passport
utmost politeness
French vessels
sugar
tea
bon voyage
:Portuguese squadron
great quay
shipping
navigation
vast number of boats
Spanish ships
fleet
attack on Teneriffe
engagement with the fort
house
weather
war with France
French privateers
army
invasion of the city
frontiers
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