PORTUGAL. Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Duke of PALMELA (1781-1850) Portuguese statesman and diplomat. L.A.S., Falmouth September 27, 1828, to the Earl of Aberdeen, Principal Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs; 3pages in-4; in French. "Her Majesty the Queen of Portugal my August Sovereign having just disembarked in this port, I hasten to inform Your Excellency of this event and to ask her to accept the thanks of Her most faithful Majesty, for the distinguished reception, which, in conformity with the orders of Her British Majesty, the military and civil Authorities of Falmouth have given her". He is to give His Majesty a "letter addressed by H.M. the Emperor of Brazil, in his capacity as guardian of his August daughter the Queen of Portugal, to His Majesty the King your August Master"...

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