18th-century manuscript from Vila Real de Sabará ; Manuscrito setecentista da Vila Real de Sabará

The purpose of this paper is to present, as an object of possible research lines, the text of the representation dated August 4, 1777, coming from the chamber of Vila Real de Sabará, Minas Gerais, in which the officers address directly to Queen Maria I, arguing that it was no longer possible to maintain the voluntary subsidy – a tribute instituted to help in the reconstruction of Lisbon, after the earthquake of 1755 – given the decay in which the village and captaincy had been. In order to mark the existence and provenance of the diplomatic document, edited under semi-diplomatic norms, studies... Mehr ...