1827. Carta de Maria Bárbara Micaela da Gama e Silva, proprietária, para o sargento José Nicolau da Conceição Correia de Melo, seu administrador.

Instructions letter from Maria Bárbara Micaela da Gama e Silva, a landowner, to Sargeant José Nicolau da Conceição Correia de Melo, her manager.

The author shows how annoyed she is by the faulty behaviour of her tenants. The gives instructions on how the addressee should proceed in order to avoid similar situations in the future.

Maria Bárbara Micaela da Gama e Silva was a noblewoman who accused the manager of her properties in the Algarve of robbing her money, silver and gold. Her correspondence with him was presented to court in order to prove the level of their relationship.