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Author(s) | Joaquim Gonçalves |
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Addressee(s) | Mariana Ribeiro |
In English | Extortion letter from Joaquim Gonçalves, under the alias of Manuel Vaz Bascardos, a prisoner, to Mariana Ribeiro. The author menaces to attempt against the addressee's life, family and possessions in case she doesn't pay a sum of money in order to liberate a comrade of his who is in jail. He gives instructions on how to proceed in order to deliver the money at the Limoeiro jail, in Lisbon. He signs under the alias of Manuel Vaz Bascardos, the captain of a gang of highway men. Joaquim Gonçalves was arrested under the accusation of extortion and theft. The form of extortion illustrated by this letter was very common in the first quarter of the 19th century. |
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