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Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, arriving in Providence from Lisbon, was granted a royal exemption from the usual 4.5% duty to unload his brig Sukey, as detailed in a letter from Portuguese Minister Luis Pinto de Souza to Consul Edward Church dated October 26, 1793.
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Capt. Perry, who lately arrived here from Lisbon, was suffered to unload his vessel there without paying the accustomed duty of four and an half per cent. which it is said has in no other case been dispensed with-The following is a copy of a letter written on that occasion to Mr. Church, by the Portuguese minister.
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"Luis Pinto de Souza, minister and Secretary of State, presents his compliments to Mr. Edward Church, Consul-General; &c. &c. &c. from the United States; acknowledges the receipt of his letters of the 22d and 24th inst. and has the honor to acquaint him, that having presented to her Most Faithful Majesty his first letter, with the petition enclosed from Christopher Raymond Perry, Captain of the American brig Sukey, her Majesty, having paid all due attention to the necessity that obliges the said Perry to unload, has passed her royal orders, that the same be granted without the customary duties.
Luis Pinto de Souza participates with Mr. Church in the various proofs of this court's particular attention to all that concerns or is interesting to the citizens of the United States of America, as far as is compatible with the justice and equity of her most faithful majesty."
(Signed) Luis Pinto de Souza.
Palace of Queluz, 26th October, 1793.
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Lisbon
Event Date
26th October, 1793
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vessel unloaded without paying the 4.5% duty, royal exemption granted by her most faithful majesty.
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Capt. Perry of the American brig Sukey petitioned to unload in Lisbon due to necessity and was granted exemption from customary duties by royal order, as communicated in a letter from the Portuguese minister to the U.S. Consul.