Brazil -- Foreign relations -- 1822-1889

Scope and Contents This eight-page folio document, dated 1826, contains a series of correspondence between Bolivian General Miguel de Velasco and José Pedro de Manuel Baptista, Secretary of the Provincial Government. The letters detail Brazilian military incursions into the Bolivian region of Chiquitos, including looting, destruction, and violations of Bolivian sovereignty. Velasco’s communications express frustration over the lack of response from higher authorities and call for decisive action to protect the...

Scope and Contents This collection contains a decree regarding the immigration of Portuguese subjects to the newly independent Kingdom of Brazil. It orders Minas Gerais, a Brazilian province, to enforce the document, which is signed by José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva. The decree serves as a formal directive of a new policy that highlights the imperial government's concern with maintaining control and security, while simultaneously declaring its sovereignty and authority over a provincial government. It...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of two newspapers and one of its original mailing wrappers, delivered to George W. Storer of the U.S. Navy, on the flagship U.S.S. Brandywine , in the weeks prior to his deployment to South America with the Brazil Squadron. The unwrapped newspaper is The New Hampshire Gazette and Republican Union printed August 3, 1847. The title of the wrapped newspaper is The...