Teatro e política na obra de Almeida Garrett: do setembrismo ao cabralismo (1838-1843)

Almeida Garrett engajou-se como liberal participando dos acontecimentos políticos de seu país. Após a Revolução de Setembro de 1836, Passos Manuel convida-o para estruturar o teatro português, tendo em vista que é considerado um meio de civilização. Garrett elabora um plano baseado em três pontos fundamentais: a construção de um edifício (futuro Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, inaugurado em 1846); uma escola voltada para formação artística e a criação de um repertório dramático nacional e moderno. Aprovado pela rainha D. Maria II em Decreto de 15 de novembro de 1836, nomeado Inspetor-Geral dos Teatros, para coordenar as atividades, põe em prática o projeto até ser demitido em julho de 1841. A proposta deste trabalho é analisar o teatro garrettiano, sob o ponto de vista político, do período de 1838 a 1843, por esta ser uma fase de intensa atividade do autor na tentativa de restaurar a cena portuguesa. Como corpus, temos: Um auto de Gil Vicente (1838); O alfageme de Santarém (1841); Frei Luís de Sousa (1843)

Letter to Mr. Walsh, Registrar Office, 1836

The man to whom the letter is addressed is Francis Leigh Walsh who was a land surveyor and registrar. Mr. Walsh was born on March 12, 1789 in Harford County, Maryland to Thomas Welsh, a United Empire Loyalist. In 1793, his family moved to Norfolk County and in 1810, Francis succeeded his father as registrar for Norfolk County. During the War of 1812 he served in the local militia and became a captain in 1824. He was the representative for Norfolk in the legislative assembly of Upper Canada from 1820 to 1828 and 1834 to 1836. He became justice of the peace in the London district in 1821 and 1838 in the Talbot district. He died in Simcoe on Oct. 14th, 1884. His son, Aquila Walsh served in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and in the Canadian House of Commons. Benjamin Hardison was born in Berwick in the Thirteen Colonies (British colonies on the Atlantic Coast of North America) on April 2, 1757 to Thomas Hardison and Mary Chadbourne. He was a farmer, miller and political figure. He was the representative for 4th Lincoln and Norfolk in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1797-1800. On January 21, 1800 he married Jane Warren. He served with the American forces during the American Revolution at which time he was taken prisoner and sent to Canada. Later, he settled in Fort Erie where he was a captain in the militia and a justice of the peace for the Niagara district. He operated mills and a distillery in Fort Erie and died there on July 26, 1823. Source: http://en.vionto.com/show/me/Francis+Leigh+Walsh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Hardison

Letters to the Honourable John H. Dunn, 1837-1838

The recipient of the letters is John Henry Dunn who was born on St. Helena (a British territory island of volcanic origin located in the South Atlantic Ocean) in 1792 to John Charles Dunn and Elizabeth Bazette. He was married to Charlotte Roberts on May 4th, 1820 and they had 6 sons and 2 daughters. He came to Canada in 1820 in which year he became the Receiver General for Canada. He held this position until 1841.Charlotte died in 1835. In 1822 he was named to the Province’s Legislative Council. He was president of the Welland Canal Company from 1825-1833. In 1836 he was named to the executive council of Upper Canada but resigned 3 weeks later with fellow counselors when lieutenant governor Sir Francis Bond refused the advice of the council. Dunn was made the Receiver General for the newly formed Province of Canada in 1841, and was elected to represent Toronto in the legislative assembly that year. He married his second wife on March 9th, 1842. Her name was Sophie-Louise Juchereau Duchsnay. They had a son and a daughter. In 1843 he resigned, and was not re-elected in 1844. He returned to England with his family and died in London on April 21, 1854. Dunn was a supporter of the Welland Canal, St. Lawrence Canals and other public improvements. Between the passage of the Canada Trade Act and the Act of the Union he had tried to insure that projects received funding despite financial constraints. He claimed that he has saved Upper Canada from bankruptcy. His son, Alexander Roberts Dunn received the Victoria Cross for his role in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. Dunn Street in Niagara Falls is named after John Henry Dunn. The town and township of Dunnville were also named for him. Sources: http://biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=3889 http://www.niagarafrontier.com/cityfalls.html

Steamboat Caroline (1838)

Message from the President of the United States transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, respecting the Capture and Destruction of the Steamboat Caroline, on the night of the 29th December last.

Über zwei verschiedene Typen in dem Bau der erectilen männlichen Geschlechts-Organe bei den strausartigen Vögeln und über die Entwickelungsformen dieser Organe unter den Wirbelthieren überhaupt : gelesen in der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin im Jahre 1836

von J. Müller

Six years in Biscay : comprising a personal narrative of the sieges of Bilbao, in June 1835 and Oct. to Dec. 1836 and of the principals events which occurred in that city and the Basque provinces during the years 1830 to 1837 / by John Francis Bacon.

Digitalización Vitoria-Gasteiz Archivos y Bibliotecas Abril 1994 18-11

Corn laws : Review of the evidence taken before the select committee of the House of Commons on agricultural distress, 1836.

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El Ilmo. Sr. Obispo de Monterey D. Fr. José María de Jesús Belaunzarán, concedió por sí, y por la hermandad que tiene celebrada con los señores obispos de Puebla, Durango, Valladolid y Guadalaxara, doscientos dias de indulgencia por cada cuarto de hora que se trajere consigo el Escapulario del Divino Rostro, Sr. S. Rafael, y San Juan de Dios. Así consta de su decreto de 27 de septiembre de 1836.

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Esposicion [sic] de tres de las enfermedades que se disputaron el dominio en el ejercito del norte los años de 1837, 1838, 1839 y 1840 /

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The stranger in China; or, The fan-qui's visit to the celestial empire in 1836-7.

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Reise in das Morgenland in den Jahren 1836 und 1837,

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