When was it published?

June 9, 1787 in The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Foreign News June 9, 1787

The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

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Lisbon Ministers, France Great Britain, Permanent Treaties, Portugal Trade, Us Federal Politics, European Negotiators, Continental System

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

Ministers from France and Great Britain convene in Lisbon to frame permanent commercial treaties; Portugal's trade is vital to the US, but weak federal politics leave no American agent to safeguard interests.

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A gentleman from Lisbon informs us, that ministers from France and Great Britain were convened in that metropolis for the purpose of framing permanent treaties of commerce. The trade of Portugal is certainly an object of considerable importance to this country, yet such are the debility and derangements of our federal politics, that we have not any agent in that court to protect our interests from the attacks of European negotiators. To what quarter, indeed, can we direct our attention, without finding additional cause to deplore the feeble and disordered state of the continental system.

What sub-type of article is it?

Diplomatic Trade Or Commerce

What keywords are associated?

Lisbon Ministers France Great Britain Permanent Treaties Portugal Trade Us Federal Politics European Negotiators Continental System

Where did it happen?

Lisbon

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Lisbon

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A gentleman from Lisbon informs us, that ministers from France and Great Britain were convened in that metropolis for the purpose of framing permanent treaties of commerce. The trade of Portugal is certainly an object of considerable importance to this country, yet such are the debility and derangements of our federal politics, that we have not any agent in that court to protect our interests from the attacks of European negotiators. To what quarter, indeed, can we direct our attention, without finding additional cause to deplore the feeble and disordered state of the continental system.