Count of Oeiras letter to D. Francisco Incencio de Sousa Continho, Governor of Angola, 1770. 1770.

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Count of Oeiras letter to D. Francisco Incencio de Sousa Continho, Governor of Angola, 1770. 1770.

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Private Letter from Count of Oeiras (future Marquis of Pombal) to D. Francisco Incencio de Sousa Continho, Governor of Angola, to analyze the way to improve the slave trade between Africa and Brazil, and to combat the English, French, and Dutch competition in this trade.

4 manuscript leaves (7 p.)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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