[1820-1830]. Carta de José Fernández a Manuel López, capitán de caballería.

Letter from José Fernández to Manuel López, a cavalry captain.

The author gives Manuel López relevant information about the armies and about who is loyal to whom.

The General Police Administration was closely monitoring the activities of foreign citizens residing in Portugal, also controlling their communications, in collaboration with the superintendent of the Posts. This letter is part of this intercepted correspondence from those Spanish military and intellectuals who, fleeing the absolutist Spain, had taken refuge in Portugal and were suspected of harbouring liberal ideas and of plotting to overthrow Fernando VII and establish a constitutional regime.