1827. 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 news and warnings related to what Ferdinand VII is doing. In particular, he stresses the fact that the king is not granting any amnesty: on the contrary, he is condemning to execution everyone who has opposed his ruling. The author also gives the addressee news about his wife, Manuela Sanz. Eventually, he asks him to address his letters not to him but to a false name.

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.