1827. Carta de Joaquim David dos Santos para Catarina Maria, sua mulher.

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Pedro António da Silva, a baker and factory owner, was accused by a neighbour of offending the honour of his wife, Maria Águeda. He defended himself by accusing the same woman of constantly gossiping in the neighbourhood. He also offered a series of five letters intended to prove that the witnesses for the prosecution had been bought to give false testimony