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1779. Carta de José Baptista de Carvalho para António Lopes Lobo de Saldanha.

Author(s)	José Baptista de Carvalho
Addressee(s)	António Lopes Lobo de Saldanha
In English	Apology letter from José Baptista de Carvalho to António Lopes Lobo de Saldanha, the son of the governor of São Paulo. The author apologizes for taking so long to answer back to the addressee and send him the book he had asked. He also promises to send a lot of skins of 'guará' (a wolf) as soon as he hunts enough of them. The addressee, António Lopes Lobo de Saldanha was the son of the governor of São Paulo and had himself a position in the captaincy government. His father condemned to death a soldier for a crime against this same son and there were complaints about his behaviour: because he was perceived as a gambler and a bully, he didn't seem to deserve his position in the captaincy. 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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[1]	~~Illmo e Exmo Sr Antonio Lobo de Saldanha~~ ~~Bem sei que V Exa me ha de ter por gro~~
[2]	ceiro por eu ter retardado tanto esta indispencavel o
[3]	brigação, ~~e na verdade bem conciderado o meu descuido~~
[4]	pacaria de groceiro, a ser ingrato aos beneficios q devo
[5]	a V Exa se a demora proccedece de esquecimento; ~~mas não~~
[6]	Senhor. ~~Chegando a minha caza procurei a Ar~~
[7]	te das damas q compôs Pitagoras, ~~enquanto não a~~
[8]	achei (porque me não lembrava a quem a havia empres
[9]	tado) não dei copia de mim: ~~agora pois q me tornou~~
[10]	a mão a remeto a V Exa pelo meu Capam Mor: ~~Aceite~~
[11]	V Exa esta minha justa desculpa. ~~Eu fico continu~~
[12]	ando na Cassada dos Guaras ~~e não remeto a V Exa~~
[13]	as pelles, q já tenho, porq não chegão ao numero
[14]	que quero: ~~em este se augmentando então hirão,~~ e
[15]	no emquanto espero pela distribuição das ordens
[16]	de V Exa a quem Ds filicite e ge pa meu defençor
[17]	~~Parnagora 12 de Dezembro de 1779~~
[18]	De V Exa
[19]	o mais humilde Servidor
[20]	Joze Baptista de Carvalho