Memoria sobre o valor das moedas 1833

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Memoria sobre o valor das moedas 1833

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Jacob Frederico Torlade Pereira de Azambuja was the Portuguese chargé d'affaires in the United States from 1829-1834. His essay on the monetary system of Portugal was presented to the American Philosophical Society in October 1833, and was read at the meeting of Oct. 18. Written in Portuguese, the essay deals with one of the burning issues of the Jacksonian era, the money system, by examining the history of coinage and the money system in Portgual from the earliest times.

1.0 Volume(s); 159p.

American Philosophical Society

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Pereira de Azambuja, Jacob Frederico Torlade, 1788-1847

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Jacob Frederico Torlade Pereira de Azambuja was the Portuguese chargé d'affaires in the United States from 1829-1834. From the guide to the Memoria sobre o valor das moedas, 1833, (American Philosophical Society) Azambuja was the Portuguese Chargé d'Affaires in the United States from 1829 to 1834. From the description of Memoria sobre o valor das moedas, 1833. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589189 ...

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844

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Du Ponceau was a Philadelphia lawyer who arrived in Portsmouth, N.H., from France in 1777, achieved early prominence as an aide to von Steuben, and as secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Congress in 1781. Du Ponceau was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1785 where his familiarity with both American and European law brought him an important practice. His intellectual interests included both history and linguistics and he published extensively in both fields. He ...