Sir Graham Eden Hamond Correspondence and Reports: Finding Aid mssHamondg
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Title: Sir Graham Eden Hamond correspondence and reports
Identifier/Call Number: mssHamondg
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1835-1836
Abstract: Letters and reports written to Admiral Graham Eden Hamond or forwarded to his attention, regarding the beginning of the Cabanagem
revolt in the Brazilian region of Grão-Pará in 1835.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William Reese Company on behalf of The Huntington at Swann Auction Galleries, Sale 2615, Lot 326, September
29, 2022.
Biographical / Historical
The Cabanagem revolt was an 1835 separatist movement in the northern Brazilian region of Grão-Pará (now Pará). Rebels, known
as cabanos, were an alliance between middle class secessionists and the mostly Black and Indigenous or mixed ancestry settlers
who lived in relative poverty in the region. An attempt to establish independence from
Brazil
and Portugal, the movement resulted in the deaths of an estimated 40,000 combatants and civilians. Sir Graham Eden Hamond
(1779-1862, 2nd Baronet), was an admiral of the British Royal Navy and Commander-in-Chief of the South America Station from
1834 to 1838.
Scope and Contents
Letters and reports addressed to Admiral Graham Eden Hamond or forwarded to his attention, describing the events surrounding
the Cabanagem revolt and conveying appeals from British merchants for protection via the local British consuls. Letters from
consul Edward Watts in Pernambuco describe political conditions in the province and discuss aspects of the revolt; Watts also
encloses a plea for protection from the British Royal Navy signed by 12 British merchants in Pernambuco. Two reports from
the province of Maranhão dated August and September 1835 describe an attack on the city of São Luís. Also included are two
copies of a letter from Sir John Barrow in January 1836, relaying messages of approval from British Royal Navy officials for
Hamond's blockade strategy.
Processing Information
Processed at the time of accessioning by Kelly Kress in November 2022.
Related Materials
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Government, Resistance to --
Brazil
-- History -- 19th century
Insurgency --
Brazil
-- History -- 19th century
Brazil
-- History -- 19th century
Pará (
Brazil
: State) -- History -- Cabanagem, 1835-1840
Correspondence
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848
Hamond, Graham Eden, Sir, 1779-1862
Watts, Edward, 1817-1889
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Box 1, Folder 1
Edward Watts report (Pernambuco)
1835 March 7
Box 1, Folder 2
Edward Watts report and letter (Pernambuco)
1835 March 14
Box 1, Folder 3
Merchant letter (Pernambuco)
1835 March 14
Box 1, Folder 4
H. S. Fox letter (Rio de Janeiro)
1835 March 30
Box 1, Folder 5
Edward Watts report (Pernambuco)
1835 June 4
Box 1, Folder 6
John Moore letter (Maranhão)
1835 August 31
Box 1, Folder 7
Unidentified letter (Maranhão)
1835 September 10
Box 1, Folder 8
John H. Robillard letter (Bahia)
1835 October 2
Box 1, Folder 9
Edward Watts report (Pernambuco)
1835 October 14
Box 1, Folder 10
John Barrow letter and copy
1836 January 18
