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Letter to the captain of the Convenção from the Rio de Janeiro Police

June 30,1840

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Latin America, South America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A single-sided handwritten letter to the captain of the Convenção from the Rio de Janeiro police. There is a signature at the lower right of the main text, and a notation in a separate hand at the bottom left corner of the document. Both texts include the date [Junio 30 1840].

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Catalog reference: 2010.1.235.2

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