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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In July 1786, US Ambassador Mr. Barclay successfully negotiated a peace treaty with Morocco's Emperor on terms identical to Spain's, as reported via letters from Tangiers and Lisbon. Negotiations at Algiers failed.
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Extract of a letter from an eminent mercantile house in Lisbon, to a gentleman in Baltimore, dated August 16, 1786.
We are extremely happy to acquaint you, that by a letter from Tangiers, of the 15th July, we are informed, that a few days before Mr. Barclay, the American Ambassador, had concluded his negociation with the Emperor of Morocco, to his entire satisfaction, having made a treaty of peace on the very same terms as that between the Emperor and the King of Spain. This intelligence you may depend upon. The negociation at Algiers has not proved so successful.
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Morocco
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A Few Days Before 15th July 1786
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treaty of peace concluded on the very same terms as that between the emperor and the king of spain; negociation at algiers not successful.
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Mr. Barclay, the American Ambassador, concluded his negociation with the Emperor of Morocco to his entire satisfaction, having made a treaty of peace on the very same terms as that between the Emperor and the King of Spain.