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1821. Carta de João da Costa, escrivão de fábrica de igreja, para Manuel Rodrigues de Melo, juiz-de-fora.

Author(s)	João da Costa
Addressee(s)	Manuel Rodrigues de Melo
In English	Information letter from João da Costa, a clerk, to Manuel Rodrigues de Melo, a judge. The author explains how a highwayman was arrested and asks for instructions in order to guarantee the prisoner's conviction. Jerónimo de Morais, Manuel de Jesus dos Passos (or Estêvão da Assunção Longo) and José de Sousa were prosecuted for being highwaymen and robbers and for traveling with fake names on their passports. If there is no translation for the letter itself, you may copy the text (while using the view 'Standardization') and paste it to an automatic translator of your choice.

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