Adventures in Portugal

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Adventures in Portugal

Description

Smith relates to the Secretary of State his observations regarding Portugal and their contentious relations with other European powers, including Spain, France, and Holland.

year created

1797

month created

08

day created

24

sent from location

Lisbon, Portugal

recipient

in collection

in microfilm

in image

note

Cited in Pickering to Smith, 12/03/1797.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

Timothy Pickering
William Loughton Smith
Mr. Bulkeley
Mr. Pinto
Secretary of State
the Prince
the Commodore
Talleyrand
the Danes
Consul Bernstoff
Danish minister, Warnstadt
troops
English, French emigrants
Captain Dehart
Col. Humphreys
Mr. [John Quincy] Adams

notable location

Lisbon, Portugal
Philadelphia
England
Spain
neighborhood of Lisbon
Madrid
France

notable item/thing

vessel bound to Alexandria [Egypt]
my credentials
good health
ceremony
flying squadron of French ships
utmost politeness
peace
molestation
negotiations
pretensions of France
war
friendship
navy
reprisals
French privateers
paper bills
royal Treasury
currency
credit
counterfeit
forging documents
Sea letters
vessels having real bonafide papers
baggage
sea sickness
cruisers

document number

1797082440102

page start

1

number of pages

4

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) KAB14 (4 pages) Collection: Robert Oliver Papers [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Microfilm: James McHenry Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Loughton Smith Lisbon, Portugal [n/a]
Recipient Timothy Pickering [unknown] [n/a]