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Maarten Janssen, 2014-
Author(s) | José Gonçalves Marques |
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Addressee(s) | Miguel Rodrigues Colaço |
In English | Private letter from José Gonçalves Marques to Miguel Rodrigues Colaço. The author refutes how the recipient has chosen to organize the goods on board of the vessel, contrary to what was supposed to be done. He also challenges the recipient's position and suggests that he is deliberately harming him. José António Brandão was a merchant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and the the owner of the galley Senhor Bom Jesus dos Navegantes e São João Nepomuceno, which made the trade route between Brazil and Angola. In 1760 he judicially demanded that Miguel Rodrigues Colaço repayed the amount that he owed him. The relevant facts had occurred the year before, when Miguel Rodrigues Colaço, who was the advisor of José António Brandão about the best procedures regarding his vessel and the best trade moves according to the circumstances, sold the vessel when it was full of goods to be separately negotiated. Miguel Rodrigues Colaço kept the money to himself and, with it, started his own business. The two letters included in the process were written by José Gonçalves Marques, the captain of the vessel, whom Miguel Rodrigues Colaço had to trick in several ways in order to pursue his intents. |
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