Political
LIMA E SILVA
(Francisco de, 1785-1853, Soldier and Politician), Joao BRÁULIO MONIZ (circa 1796-1835), Regents of Brazil, 1831-1835, for Pedro II, and Joaquim José RODRIGUES TORRES, (1802-1872, Journalist and Politician, three times Prime Minister of Brazil)
Document signed, in Portuguese with translation,
appointing Antonio PINTO CHICHÔRRO DA GAMA, (1800-1887, Appeal Judge, Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice, 1860-1875), as Minister and Secretary of State for Imperial Affairs, signed notes of registration at the Treasury Tribunal and at the General Audit Office, 2 sides 13 x 8¼ and conjugate blank, Palace [Rio de Janeiro], 10th October
Item Date: 1833
Background
In 1831 Brigadier Francisco de Lima e Silva received Pedro I's abdication and proclaimed the 5-year old Pedro II Emperor. The Senate named him a member of the Interim Regency of Three which lasted a month, and he then headed the Permanent Regency of Three, June 1831 - October 1835.
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