1830. Bilhete de Anastácia Rosa Gomes para João Dias Alves Branco, mestre de fábrica de pólvora.

Note from Anastácia Rosa Gomes to João Dias Alves Branco.

The author gives some guidance on where in Lisbon could the addressee buy or sell gunpowder.

João Dias Alves Branco was master craftsman in the Royal Factory of Gunpowder in Barcarena, near Lisbon. He was prosecuted for stealing gunpowder from his own factory and trying to sell it to acquaintances of him. He was also accused of an arson attack to a gunpowder factory in Spain and of making counterfeit money.