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Maarten Janssen, 2014-
Author(s) | João Maria Botão |
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Addressee(s) | Luís Caetano Leirós de Andrade e Castro |
In English | Note from João Maria Botão to António Negrinho, the alias of Luís Caetano Leirós de Andrade e Castro. The author sends the money from a ransom that was extorted from him. In the first quarter of the 19th century, extortion letters became a very typical practice. Authors threatened rich addressees with all sorts of ruinous events in the case they didn't hand in a certain amount of money. The frequentness of this practice was possible also because of the political and social turmoil associated with these first years of Liberalism. |
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