As a teenager, Dom Pedro II prepares to assume power.
Handwritten letter signed by Dom Pedro II, recipient unidentified.
In Portuguese.
One sheet, one page.
~ 20cm x 27cm.
No location information, 1838-1839.
Paper with fold marks and some flaws on the right edge.
Unique piece.
This letter appears to be about a practical matter, possibly related to the sending of a shipment or item from Maranhão and its reception in Rio de Janeiro. The text includes a request to verify receipt and provide information about the dispatch of the aforementioned “montado”. In addition In addition, there is reference to the sending of the remainder required by other workshops.
Although we do not have an exact date for this letter, possibly 1838 or 1839, the signature is that of Dom Pedro II when he was still a child. The text was also written by him himself.
Letters entirely handwritten by Dom Pedro II during his childhood are the rarest, which makes this document especially valuable.
