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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Comte d'Espinay negotiated a 30-year truce with the Algerines for Spain, Portugal, Naples, and other Italian powers, involving annual payments of 200,000 dollars totaling 2.8 million, resulting in the release of hundreds of Christian slaves. He was appointed Consul-General to Algiers by the Catholic King.
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As a mark of royal approbation of the Comte d'Espinay's services on this occasion, his Catholick Majesty was pleased to appoint him Consul-General to the regency of Algiers.
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Regency Of Algiers
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truce of thirty years accomplished; sum of two millions eight hundred thousand dollars paid in annual instalments of 200,000 each by the powers involved; release of several hundreds of christians from slavery.
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A truce of thirty years with the Algerines was accomplished by the Comte d'Espinay, including the Portuguese, Neapolitans, some other Italian nations, and the Spaniards. The concluding of this business was followed by the release of several hundreds of Christians who had been in slavery. As a mark of royal approbation, his Catholick Majesty appointed the Comte d'Espinay Consul-General to the regency of Algiers.