Defeza ou resposta do tenente general graduado Jorge d'Avillez Juzarte de Sousa Tavares
Contributors: Abranches, Antonio Manoel do Rego, 1793-1851
Publisher: Na impressão de J. Nunes Esteves.
Published: 1823
Place of publication: Lisboa
Language: por
Number of pages: 74
Subjects: Military History; History
Notes: Attributed to Jorge de Avilez Juzarte de Sousa Tavares by Porbase.

Attributed to Antonio Manoel do Rego Abranches, a lawyer in Lisbon, by Silva.

Two days after Pedro refused to obey the Cortes' order to return to Portugal, the Portuguese troops in Rio de Janeiro, under General Jorge de Avilez Juzarte de Sousa Tavares, demanded Pedro's compliance and threatened to bombard the city. The General was outmaneuvered and was forced to withdraw his troops the next day, When he returned to Portugal, he was court-martialed for being responsible for the revolt of the Portuguese troops in Rio and for other events immediately preceding independence. This defense gives a detailed account of his actions and quotes many contemporary documents.

Signatures: 1-9⁴ (*1 verso blank) 10² (-10₂)

Engraved printer's ornament on title page.

Silva, I.F. da. Diccionário bibliográphico portuguez, I: p. 195.

Silva, I.F. da. Diccionário bibliográphico portuguez, IV: p. 161.

Moraes, R.B. de. Bibliographia brasiliana (1983 edition), II: p. 848.

Purchase; 2016; 17-134.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: many leaves wormed with some loss of text.

John Carter Brown Library copy quarter bound in blue bookcloth with marbled boards.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund.