Letter to the captain of the Convenção from the Rio de Janeiro Police
date: label: Date
content: June 30,1840
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Captain Joaquin Antonio da Cortá
notes: label: Description
content: 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].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Latin America, South America
label: Place depicted
content: Montevideo, Uruguay, Latin America, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Portuguese colonialism
label: Topic
content: Slave trade
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.1.235.2
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (14.9 x 21 cm)