Note 2 — AND ADVANTAGES WHICH THEY CAN YIELD TO HIS MAJESTY CARLOS III
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A copy of the naturalization papers of Nicolas Norton y Nicols as a Spaniard exists in the Archivo general de Indias at Sevilla; its pressmark is, “Est. 105, caj. 2, leg. 13, libro 12, fol. 226b-229b,” and the document is dated at Aranjuez, August 3, 1758. Norton became a Catholic, and was allowed to trade in the Philippines. The allusion to “192 years” is somewhat incorrect, if he refers to the first discovery of the islands, which occurred in 1565; or else he may have begun to write out this proposal to the king as early as 1757, which would tally with the above numbers. ↑