This index to the Notes from Foreign Legations: Brazil, 1824-1906, collection provides the dates each reel covers. Government Information MAY NOT hold all of these reels. The record in the library catalog describes the extent of our holdings. For help, or to make an appointment to view a reel, email rad@colorado.edu
On the eight rolls of this microcopy are reproduced eight volumes that consist, for the most part, of notes from the Brazilian Legation (Embassy after 1905) in the United States to the Department of State between April 5, 1824, and July 27, 1906. On Roll 1 of this microfilm publication are reproduced selected pages from 13 State Department registers of correspondence, which, taken as a unit, comprise a register of notes from the Brazilian Legation from April 5, 1824, through December 26, 1906. These notes, with their enclosures, are arranged in chronological order.
Occasionally there are included in the volumes unofficial communications from officials of the Brazilian Legation to the Department of State, communications from Brazilian officials to the President of the United States, memoranda prepared by State Department officials commenting on Brazilian notes, memoranda of conversations between officials of the Brazilian Legation and the Department of State, communications from White House officials, and copies of speeches delivered by Brazilian ministers and ambassadors.
The notes contained in this series are written in French, Portuguese, or English. Those in French and Portuguese are frequently accompanied by English translations prepared by the Department of State. Among the enclosures are letters from the Emperor of Brazil to the President of the United States, communications from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, lists of officials and employees of the Brazilian Legation and of Brazilian consular officials in the United States, copies of communications from Brazilian consulates in the United States to the Legation, and pamphlets, newspapers, and other printed materials.
The records reproduced in this microcopy are part of a body of records in the National Archives designated as Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State.
The spreadsheet attached below contains a reel-by-reel description of the complete collection.