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Unique WCP identifier: WCP640.812
Letter from de Lima, João Antonio to Spruce, Richard
Dated: 7 June 1853
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Sam Joaquim 7 de Junho de 1853
Ill[ustrissi] mo Sen[ho] r Ricardo Spruce
Recebi o ceu estimadiçimo fabor datado de 26 de Abril proçimo
pasado que muito estimei por saber que Vm cer [Vocemessê?]
gozava saude e fiquei certo em tudo quanto me relata, es au [an
a?] responder-lhe que fico bastante pinalizado pela infelis sorte
que teve o noso bom amigo Alfred! Ora pois Sr. Spruce os
travalhos fizeran-se para os Omens, eu çinto inteiramente os pr
[o/e?] juizos que elle teve, perder todos os ceus travalhos que
teve durante 4 annos, mais contudo isso salvou a Vida que he o
preçiozo do homem. queira fazer o favor quando escrever para
Alfred. recomendar-me muito aelle e dar-lhe os pezares por
mim. Amai dos meus filhos pede a Vm cer [Vocemessê?] p[ar] a
que lhe de muitas recomendacoens della p[ar] a Alfred. e se elle
rezolver avir outra ves por ca que conte comigo para o que lhe
prestar em qualquer parte que eu estiver, que eide ser para elle
o mesmo Lima como de antes, eno mais lembranças denós, e
este coraçao que se lhe ofrece como q[ue] m he de Vm cer
[Vocemessê?]
Muito atenciosamente vosso..... [?] | Joao António de Lima
[signature]
N.B. O Jeronimo Velho pede-lhe que Vm cer [Vocemessê?] o
recomende a Alfred e que ainda a tem in lembrança e que a
camiza que Alfred lhe deu que ainda existe á pobre viajante e
meu amigo.
Lima [signature]
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE TEXT:
San Joaquim, June 7, 1853.
Illustríssimo Senhor Ricardo Spruce
I received your greatly esteemed favour dated the 6th April last,
and was rejoiced to hear of your honour ’ s health and all the
news that you give me, and I was much grieved at the
misfortunes which befell our good friend Alfredo. My dear
Senhor Spruce, what labours he performed for mankind, and
what trouble to lose all his work of four years; but yet his life is
saved, and that is the most precious for a man. Do me the
favour, when you write to Senhor Alfredo, to give my kind
remembrances. The mother of my children also begs you to give
her remembrances to Senhor Alfredo, also tell him from me that
if he ever comes to these parts again he will find that I shall be
to him the same Lima as before, and give him more
remembrances from the bottom of my heart, and all to yourself,
from
Yours, with much affection and respect,
João Antonio de Lima [signature]
N.B. -- Old Jeronymo also asks you to remember him to Senhor
Alfredo, and to tell him that he still has the shirt that Senhor
Alfredo gave him, and that he is still living a poor wanderer with
his friend.
Lima [signature]
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