Three Letters Concerning the Sugar Trade in Brazil, 1648-1650: Correspondence of Manuel Brandão Pantoja and André Aguilar Pantoja
This archival collection contains three letters exchanged between brothers Manuel Brandão Pantoja and André Aguilar Pantoja between circa 1648 and 1650. The letters detail aspects of the sugar trade in Bahia, Brazil, during a period of conflict with Dutch forces. They provide insights into the operation of sugar plantations (engenhos), the individuals involved in the trade, and the presence of Jewish merchants who had fled the Inquisition. The collection also includes an eighteenth-century archive of seven genealogical documents on the Gouvea, Brandão, and Pantoja families, along with a typescript transcription of the three letters (approximately 50 pages). The original letters are manuscripts on paper, comprising 22 leaves. The materials are unbound and preserved in a modern archival folder. Folio (32.2 x 33.1 cm.), modern gray archival folding case. Occasional minor staining is present. The final page of the third letter has a repaired loss affecting several words. There is some weakness along folds in parts of the genealogical material.
Associated People/Businesses
- de Pantoja, Gouvea Brandoel
- de Mesga Alca, Luis
- de Viveyros, Francisco Pereyra
- de Mello, Pedro de Gonveic
- Pantoja, Andre di Aguilar
- Pantoja, Manuel Brandao
- Pantoja, Manuel Bernardes
- Pantoja, Manuel Brandãs
Geography
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Physical Location
Arc.MS.56, Box 14, Folder 11