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Title: Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros
Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1812-1909
Bulk dates: 1821-1825
Collection Number: mssHM72402-72504
Creator:
Barros, Francisco Xavier Monteiro de, 1778-1885.
Extent: 103 items in 2 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The bulk of this collection is letters
authored by the colleagues of Portuguese-American politician and cosmographer Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros (1778-1855),
documenting
changes in the Portuguese politics and government and United States-Portuguese
foreign relations, chiefly in the 1810s-1820s There are also some scientific and mathematical works by Monteiro de Barros.
Language:
Portuguese,English,Spanish,
and Latin.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
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[Identification of item]. Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros Papers, The
Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
In library. Two biographical entries were gifts of Dr. Alberto Iria, Director of
the Arquivo historico Ultramarino in Lisbon, Portugal, November 1961.
Born in Carnide, Portugal in 1778, Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros (1778-1855)
initially pursued the study of mathematics and science at the University of Coimbra.
After serving as cosmographer of Santarem between 1802 and 1808, he worked for the
Lisbon Commissariat. He entered Portuguese politics in 1820, advocating liberal
reforms. In opposition to a growing contingent of absolutist supporters, Monteiro de
Barros and his family moved to England, where they were settled by August 1823. On
October 19, 1824, they embarked for New York and later established themselves in
Goochland County, Virginia. There he pursued a career as a banker while remaining
versed in Portuguese affairs through his communication with the Consul-General to
Washington, Joaquim Figanière e Mourão. Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros died in
Virginia in 1855.
The chronologically-arranged papers consist of eleven manuscripts, eighty-nine pieces
of correspondence, and three ephemera folders. The bulk of the collection is letters
authored by the colleagues of Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros, documenting
changes in the Portuguese politics and government and United States-Portuguese
foreign relations. Prominent persons represented in the correspondence series
include:
- Scholar and writer, João José Miguel Ferreira da Silva Amaral (1773-1857)
- Legal scholar, economist, and politician, José Ferreira Borges (1786-1838)
- Physician, diplomat, and scientific writer, Francisco Solano Constancio (1777-1846)
- Diplomat and author, Joaquim Cesar de Figanière e Mourão (1798-1866)
- Journalist and London-based editor of the journal O Portuguez, João Bernardo da Rocha Loureiro (1778-1853)
The letters and manuscripts in the collection are in Portuguese, English, Spanish,
and Latin.
Arranged chronologically.
- Carvalho, José da Silva. Subject in Macedo, Luis Antonio d’Almeida letter (1822, Sep. 24) to Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros. HM 72448.
- Carvalho, José da Silva. Subject in “M” letter (1824, Mar. 18) to Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros. HM 72468.
- Celestial mechanics - - 19th century. Subject in Barros, Francisco Xavier Monteiro de, 1778-1855 [before 1855] “Mechanicae Scriptoribus mos est spatia tempora velocitates per s, t, u representare, harum vero quantitatum elementa per ds, dt, du…” HM 72408.
- Celestial mechanics - - 19th century. Subject in Barros, Francisco Xavier Monteiro de, 1778-1855 [before 1855] “Sit planeta T (Fig. 1a) cum a Sole attrahi incipit in distantia ST, quae duplex mediae ejus distantiae SP esse assumitur…” HM 72410.
- Celestial mechanics - - 19th century. Subject in Barros, Francisco Xavier Monteiro de, 1778-1855 [before 1855] “Telurem non esse sphaericam jamdudum Geometris compertum; sed quae sit ejus figura adhuc obscurum…” HM 72411.
- Currency question - - Portugal. Subject in Albuquerque, Joao Victorino de Souza letter (1821, Mar. 7) to Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros. HM 72427.
- De Forest, David Curtis, 1774-1825. Subject in Lima, Antonio Luiz de letter (1825, Apr. 2) to De Forest, David Curtis, 1774-1825 (in Spanish). HM 72470.
- Desertion, Military - - Portugal. Subject in Crespo, Antonio Jozé Alves letter (1823, Mar. 27) to Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros. HM 72461.
- Ferreira, Silvestre Pinheiro, 1769-1846. Subject in Rocha Loureiro, João Bernardo da, 1778-1853 letter (1821, Sep.4) to Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros. HM 72435.
- Franco, Francisco Soares, ca. 1772-1844. Subject in Carneiro, Heliodoro Jacinto de Araújo, 1776-1849 letter (1822, Feb. 3) to Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros. HM 72444.
- Geometry, Differential - - 19th century. Subject in Barros, Francisco Xavier Monteiro de, 1778-1855 [before 1855] “Sendo ha altura avelocidade com que o movel por huma direção oblique…” HM 72409.
- Great Britain - - History. Subject in “Da antiga Britania” [undated]. HM 72412.
- Mathematical physics. Subject in Barros, Francisco Xavier Monteiro de, 1778-1855 [before 1855] “Mechanicae Scriptoribus mos est spatia tempora velocitates per s, t, u representare, harum vero quantitatum elementa per ds, dt, du…” HM 72408.
- Mathematical physics. Subject in Barros, Francisco Xavier Monteiro de, 1778-1855 [before 1855] “Sit planeta T (Fig. 1a) cum a Sole attrahi incipit in distantia ST, quae duplex mediae ejus distantiae SP esse assumitur…” HM 72410.
- Old age pensions - - Planning. Subject in Barros, Francisco Xavier Monteiro de, 1778-1855 [before 1855] “As seguintes taboas forão calculadas pelo Sr. Price, para a formação de hum plano, por meio do qual os officiaes pobres, em rasão de pequenas quantidades tiradas semanalmente dos seus stipendios, ficassem habilitados para receber quantias com que podessem subsistir no tempo da enfermidade, e da velhice.” HM 72407.
- Pindar. Olympian odes. English. Subject in Valorado, Jose Francisco letter (1813, Mar. 25) to Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros. HM 72413.
- Planets - - Orbits. Subject in Barros, Francisco Xavier Monteiro de, 1778-1855 [before 1855] “Telurem non esse sphaericam jamdudum Geometris compertum; sed quae sit ejus figura adhuc obscurum…” HM 72411.
- Portugal. Ministério da Fazenda. Subject in Portugal. Ministério da Fazenda Receipt (1823, Jan. 29) acknowledging that Sebastiao José de Carvalho satisfied his debt to Francisco Xavier Monteiro. HM 72405.
- Rocha Loureiro, João Bernardo da, 1778-1853. Subject in Peixoto, Caetano José letter [ca. 1822] to Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros. HM 72457.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Barros, Francisco
Xavier Monteiro de, 1778-1885.
Carvalho, José da
Silva.
De Forest, David
Curtis, 1774-1825.
Ferreira, Silvestre
Pinheiro, 1769-1846.
Franco, Francisco
Soares, ca. 1772-1844.
Celestial mechanics -- 19th
century.
Diplomats -- Portugal --
Correspondence.
Geometry, Differential -- 19th
century.
Mathematical physics.
Mathematics -- Manuscripts -- 19th
century.
Planets -- Orbits.
Science -- Manuscripts -- 19th
century.
Portugal -- Commerce --
United States.
Portugal -- Foreign
relations -- United States.
Portugal -- Politics
and government -- 1777-1816.
Portugal -- Politics
and government -- 1816-1826.
United States --
Foreign relations -- Portugal.
Letters (correspondence) Portugal --
19th century.
Manuscripts Portugal -- 19th century.
Amaral, João José Miguel Ferreira da
Silva.
Borges, José Ferreira, 1786-1838.
Carneiro, Heliodoro Jacinto de
Araújo, 1776-1849.
Constâncio, Francisco Solano,
1777-1846.
Mourão, Joaquim Cesar de Figanière e.
Peixoto, Caetano José.
Rocha Loureiro, João Bernardo da,
1778-1853.
Portugal. Ministério da Fazenda.