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[1822]. Carta de Gertrudes Rosa da Conceição, presa, para António José Ferreira, caixeiro, também preso.

Author(s) Gertrudes Rosa da Conceição      
Addressee(s) António José Ferreira      
In English

Love letter from Gertrudes Rosa da Conceição, prisoner, to António José Ferreira, salesman, also in jail.

The author, who is in jail, informs her lover about the conditions she is in and about how her process is going.

Gertrudes Rosa da Conceição was accused of commiting adultery with António José Ferreira, a salesman that worked for her husband, Francisco Ferreira, a grocer. She used to receive her lover in her room while her husband was away on business and this was witnessed by her servants. Even after the lovers were both in prison, they continued to exchange letters, in which there were signs of an arrangement to kill the husband. In fact, Gertrudes' brother, known as the «sailor», did hurt his brother-in-law with a dagger, but, in spite of the serious wounds, Francisco Ferreira survived. Gertrudes ended up acquitted from this accusation, for there was not enough evidence against her.

«It was with great delight that I've received your letter and I'm very glad that you're so comforted and enjoying perfect health, because that's what is lacking in me. I'm better now, it's been 3 days since I'm able to get up, with cough, but I'm very weak, I feel my head is exhausted and I have no appetite, I cannot eat, nothing is appetizing. It seems my life will end here, but that is the same. As long as you are healthy, even if I die, it doesn't matter, you'll remain here. You have to explain me those things you've told me. I was very surprised when my José told me that you were further behind than I am, since your appeal had been sent to the Court of Appeal on Saturday and mine had already been sent and wasn't accepted. And the lawyer appealed again and it was rejected and now the papers are in the hands of my lawyer to rebut the libel. It's all I know. A requirement has been made to the Police Superintendent, so that I could justify his [my husband's] bad behaviour. I pointed 8 witnesses against him, but the Superintendent said that, had it been in another time, he was certainly going to jail, but not now, because a man can frame his wife, but a woman cannot frame her husband. This way, I don't know what my fate will be. I always consider myself unlucky because he can harm me with mine and he will do what he can, because he has a way of doing so. He says that you and I will both be exiled. If we both went to the same place, it wouldn't make me so unhappy that I suffer for you and you for me. I would be glad that we could see each other. However, to my misfortune, it won't be like that. I'm surprised that you are alreay presenting witnesses. I haven't presented mine yet, the papers are still going to his lawyer first. He will now justify the crime and, afterwards, I will present my witnesses. I was willing to attempt the "Misericórdia" because I was told that, through the "Misericórdia", they will force him to give forgiveness, but my son says it is not so. Therefore, I know nothing about it, I don't know what to do. I'm relying on everything I'm told. I've requested the permit twice, always denied. They have now told me they were going to request a permit from the Court of Appeal with which we give 4 sureties for each crime. We shall see: since we haven't comitted any crime, there will certainly be sureties. I'm not afraid of giving as many justifications as necessary because I'm very thankfull to all of them, because they all say they would stick their necks out for me and that he is a rascal who needed a thousand lives out and they are all against him. However, because he has got money, he buys everything. I'm now thinking about changing the law official to one that people claim to be very good, and whose name is Anselmo.

He sent my father to see the minister under great pressure, so that he would sign an acceptance of liability. He refused. Therefore, what I want you to tell me is whether you're also coming to the yard for a walk, because, as I'm in the infirmary, I would like to see you, and, if that's not possible, try to convince that man who is in the prisoners' room to get you a private room, as his wife is here in the infirmary. She's a very close friend of mine, and so she asks her husband to deliver my letters and hand me in yours. Try to come with him upstairs one day. His name is João José Nogueira, from Setúbal, and he's very skilful. He keeps the letters in his power. Because my Jacinto... I'm afraid of him because you know he is crazy. Let me know what you've handed him in yesterday and if you wrote me through him.

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Com grande gosto recebi a cua carta e istimei mto o Vmce estar tão confortado e juntamente lugrar caude perfeita pois he o q a mim me falta
[2]
eu ja estou milhoor
[3]
ja me alevanto a 3 dias com toce mas estou mto fraca
[4]
cintome mto disvaida da cabeca e trago muito fastio
[5]
não poso comer nada apetece
[6]
pareceme q aqui acabarei a vida mas iso he o mesmo
[7]
como Vmce tenha caude ainda q eu mora não inporta
[8]
Vmce ca fica
[9]
Vmce he q me ha de d ispicar a respeito do q me dis
[10]
estou ademirada porq o meu Joze Me dice q Vmce estava mais atrazado do q eu porq o seu agravo ainda cabado tinha hido pa a relacão e o meu ja la tinha hido e não foi aseito
[11]
e tornou o letrado agravar e cahio cem agravo
[12]
e agora esta os papeis na mão do meu letrado pa contradizer o libelo
[13]
asim não cei de mais nada
[14]
fesce hum requerimento o intendente pa eu dar huma gustificasam da ma conduta dele
[15]
dei 8 tistem tistemunhas contra ele mas o intendente dice ce foce notro tenpo q hele havia de vir prezo mas agora não porq hum home podia armar crime a molher mas a molher não pode armar crime o home
[16]
asim não sei q sorte cera a minha
[17]
senpre me concedero disgracada porq ele com o meu me fas mal e ha de fazer o q poder porq tem com q mo fasa
[18]
ele dis q eu e Vmce avemos de hir degradados anbos
[19]
ce focemos anbos pa o mesmo citio viviaz mais alegre de padecermos heu por Vmce e Vmce por mim
[20]
castefaziame com o vermos hum a outro
[21]
mas por disgracia minha não cera asim
[22]
ademirame o Vmce ja estar a dar testemunhas
[23]
eu ainda não as dou
[24]
ainda os papeis an de hir pa o letrado dele
[25]
ele ha de agora justificar o crime e o depois eu hei de dar testemunhas
[26]
heu estava capas de ver ce metia pela merzircordia porq me dizem q pela mezercordia lhe fazem dar o perdão mas o meu filho dis q não
[27]
asim eu disto não cei nada
[28]
não cei o q hei de fazer
[29]
estou por tudo quanto me dizem
[30]
o alvara ja requeri 2 vezes
[31]
cempre emdeferido
[32]
agora dicerão q me havião de requerer hum da relacão q ce dão 4 fiadores o crime
[33]
asim veremos
[34]
como nos não temos crimes cempre han de haver fiadores
[35]
eu não tenho medo de dar quantas justificacois foce porq sou mto obrigada a todos porq todos dizem q ate poi as maus no lume por mim e q ele he hum patife q percizava mil vidas fora e todos são contra ele
[36]
mas como ele tem dinheiro tudo compra
[37]
eu agora quero ver ce mudo de iscrevão pa hum q dizem he mto bom chamado Ancelmo
[38]
ele mandou hir meu Pai debaixo de prezão pa o menistro o fazer acinar hum termo de responcebilidade de vida
[39]
ele não quis
[40]
asim o q eu queria q me mandace dizer ce Vmce tambem vem aqui o patio paciar porq como estou na informaria queria velo
[41]
e ce não poder cer veiga ce arenga com ese cogeito q esta ahi na cala em hum quarto q ele tem ca a molher na informaria
[42]
ela he mto minha amiga por iso hela pede o marido pa lhe levar as minhas cartas e trazer as cuas
[43]
veiga ce vem ca hum dia com ele acima
[44]
ele xamace João Joze Nogra de cetubal
[45]
he muito capas
[46]
as cartas não paca da mão dele poq o meu Jacinto tenho medo dele porq Vmce bem cabe q he hum doido
[47]
mandeme dizer o q lhe intregou onte e ce iscreveu por ele

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