. A Letter from a West-India merchant to a gentleman at Tunbridg [microform] : concerning that part of the French proposals, which relates to North-America, and particularly Newfoundland : with some thoughts on their offers about our trade to Spain and the West-Indies and an abstract of the assiento. Fisheries; Pêches. nraoa 0 8 arc ^^ iot}ber« 1$ ;» and bat if fpld r M) fold for the Prodoce of the Coontrjr, the ⢠Company to |>ay the eftabltfli'd Cnftoms. 16. The Ships usM in this Trade may fail from the Ports of Firance aild Spi^n as they pleafe, giving notice thereof firft to bis Ca-


. A Letter from a West-India merchant to a gentleman at Tunbridg [microform] : concerning that part of the French proposals, which relates to North-America, and particularly Newfoundland : with some thoughts on their offers about our trade to Spain and the West-Indies and an abstract of the assiento. Fisheries; Pêches. nraoa 0 8 arc ^^ iot}ber« 1$ ;» and bat if fpld r M) fold for the Prodoce of the Coontrjr, the ⢠Company to |>ay the eftabltfli'd Cnftoms. 16. The Ships usM in this Trade may fail from the Ports of Firance aild Spi^n as they pleafe, giving notice thereof firft to bis Ca- tholick Majefty^ and may bring returns, for the Produce of the Negroes, in Silver, Gold, and the Produce of the Country to the Ports oi^^ frame or Spain at Option *, but if to the lat- ter (hall report to his Majefty's Minifters, and bring nothing but what's pnrchas'd by produce of the Negroes, or any thing upon CommiflTion or Confignment from paiticular Perfons in that Kingdom on pain of Confif- cation. 27. If any of the Company's Ships of War^ belonging to either Nation, take Enemies Ships, Pirates, or Privateers, with Negroes on board, they may fell the fame to the num- ber contraded for: but no Goods, Merchan- dize, or Effefts for thelie muft be carry'd to Carthagena ^nd Puerto Velo^ deliver'd to the Royal Officers, inventory'd, and put into the Warehoufe to be fold at the Fair of S^ain in the faid Ports, â - of the proce<eds to be paid to the Royal Treafury, the other \- to the Company, and the Veffels with their Tac- kle, &c, fliall be the Captors. Contract being principally defign'd for the advantage of their Catholick and vjf^oUt Chriftian Majefties, both of them are in- terefted 4 in the Agreement, and each of them in -J of 4 Millions of Livers of French^ amounting to 1 Million 166000 \ Crowns of Gold : And if his Cjttholick Majefty will not - -'â ' . - '⢠I3^.. advance hr* j%-J^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page


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