[1820-1830]. Carta de Gerónimo Desen para Manuel López, capitán de caballería.

Letter from Gerónimo Desen to Manuel López, a cavalry captain.

The author gives Manuel López the latest news about the events related to the visits of the king and the recently issued decrees. He also asks him and his wife not to stop writing him.

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.