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Letter signed by Diogo Antônio Feijó (1837)

Letter signed by Diogo Antônio Feijó (1837)

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In 1837, Feijó appoints the President of the Province of Rio de Janeiro, just four days before resigning as Regent for Dom Pedro II.

  • Handwritten letter signed by Diogo Antônio Feijó, regent on behalf of the emperor, to Antonio Pinto Chichorro da Gama.
  • In Portuguese.
  • A large folded sheet, two pages written.
  • 23.2 cm x 37.6 cm.
  • Rio de Janeiro, September 15, 1837.
  • Yellowed paper, good condition.
  • Unique piece.

Letter

Antonio Pinto Chichorro da Gama. The Regent on behalf of the
Emperor Dom Pedro Segundo greets you.
Considering your distinct monuments of patriotism to [support] the Sacred cause of this Empire and other commendable qualities in your person. I am pleased to appoint you President of the Province of Rio de Janeiro, from which position Paulino José Soares de Sousa is hereby dismissed, and after taking the oath under the terms of the Charter Law of October third, eighteen thirty-four, you shall enter into the exercise of the same office, receiving from the vice-president who currently occupies it the necessary information for the good direction and progress of public affairs and ensuring the religious observance of laws for the liberty, security, and prosperity of the peoples entrusted to you. Written in the Palace of Rio de Janeiro on September fifteenth, eighteen thirty-seven, the eleventh year of the Independence of the Empire.

Diogo Antonio Feijó.
Manoel A[lves] Branco
To Antonio Pinto Chichorro
Da Gama

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By the regent on behalf of the emperor
Dom Pedro Segundo
To Antonio Pinto Chichorro da Gama

Diogo Antônio Feijó (1784 - 1843) was a priest, councilman, deputy, senator, Minister of Justice, and Regent of the Empire. Simple, hardworking, and efficient, the priest was elected Regent of the Empire by the General Assembly in 1835. It was during the childhood of Emperor D. Pedro II, and someone had to assume his public responsibilities. He went down in history as "Regent Feijó," governed for only two years, but his actions are widely recognized by historians.

He decided on the construction of roads, stimulated banking organization, encouraged the urbanization of the city of Rio de Janeiro, then the country's capital. He vigorously advocated for the end of slavery and the slave trade, democracy in state institutions, and the abolition of celibacy for priests. Thanks to him, despite rebellions, Brazil remained a united set of territories, but with greater autonomy. A symbol of his importance, the statue of Diogo Antônio Feijó is an integral part of the Monument to Independence, Ipiranga/São Paulo.

Father Feijó was one of the most interesting Brazilian personalities of the first half of the 19th century, exercising the Regency with competence and seriousness. He led the nation during a difficult period, when several revolts with separatist aims occurred: Regent Feijó managed to establish order throughout Brazil.

Feijó's handwritten documents are rare, a little less so when signed as regent, but this letter is signed just four days before he resigned from office, which gives it special interest.

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