1826. Carta de Carlos Puerto, pseudónimo de Juan Caldas Montes, para Manuel López, capitán de caballería.

Letter from Carlos Puerto, pseudonym of Juan Cladas Montes, to Manuel López, a cavalry captain.

The author thanks Manuel López for having sent him copy of the intercepted correspondence of the Sebastianistas. He also answers to questions previously made by the addressee, informing him about various matters, in particular about the formation of an army of Spanish people in Portugal, Gibraltar or England.

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 harboring liberal ideas and of plotting to overthrow Fernando VII and establish a constitutional regime.