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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Reports from Madrid indicate that the King of Spain has declared to the ministers of the Maritime Powers that he has ordered a halt to hostilities in America at their request. However, he insists the King of Portugal commit in a treaty to forbid his subjects from supporting smuggling in American settlements, especially at the San Sacramento colony used for contraband goods.
Merged-components note: These components continue a single foreign news item on Spanish declarations regarding American hostilities and Portuguese smuggling, with direct text continuation across pages 3-4.
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America
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orders sent to stop all hostilities in america; insistence on treaty article to forbid portuguese subjects from countenancing smuggling in american settlements.
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His Catholick Majesty declared to the Ministers of the Maritime Powers that he had sent orders to stop hostilities in America at their request, but insisted that the King of Portugal engage in the Treaty of Accommodation to forbid his subjects in America from countenancing smuggling, particularly at the Portuguese Colony of San Sacramento used as a staple for contraband goods.