Our life in Brazil: manuscript (for publication), 1867-1870.

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Our life in Brazil: manuscript (for publication), 1867-1870.

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Manuscript, "Our Life in Brazil", 1867-1870, describing the experiences of the Keyes family in their three year emigration to Brazil as part of the Gunter colony. Vivid descriptions are given of Rio de Janeiro, the Amazon River, Emperor Dom Pedro and the imperial family, and the interior of the country around Linhares where the family settled for a part of their stay. In addition, the government of Brazil, and its protection of civil rights, is detailed, as are the customs of that country.

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Gunter, Charles G. (Charles Grandison), 1806-1883.

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Pedro, Dom

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Keyes, Julia L. (Julia Louisa), 18 -18 .

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Julia Louisa Lee, author, married Dr. John Washington Keyes in Tuskegee, Macon Co., Ala., on 1846 Nov. 4. After he served in the Confederate Army, the entire family moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1867, to join the Gunter colony. Dr. Keyes became dentist to the emperor and to the royal family, and was succeeded in that position by his son-in-law, Dr. John William Coachman. Julia and Dr. Keyes had eleven children. From the description of Our life in Brazil: manuscript (for publica...

Watts, T. H. (Thomas Hill), 1819-1892

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