Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Letter to the captain of the Convenção from the Rio de Janeiro Police
June 30,1840
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Latin America, South America
Source catalog description
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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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
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Catalog reference: 2010.1.235.2
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