Catálogo das comunicações manuscritas avulsas dos juízes de fora ao governador da província de Pernambuco existentes no Arquivo Público Estadual Jordão Emerenciano - APEJE: 1817-1824.

Abstract

In this work, I analyzed the communications sent by Judges from Outside the Province of Pernambuco to the Governor and Captain General of the same Province, in the period from 1817 to 1824. Our research is based on documents held in the Jordão Emerenciano State Public Archive – APEJE, archived under the code JF – 02, which contains the correspondence referred to from the period from 1817 to 1834. Our time frame was carefully thought out to contemplate the period of greatest effervescence in the political-administrative scenario of the Province of Pernambuco and Portugal, but with repercussions in Brazil and in Pernambuco. During this period, we had the Revolution of Pernambuco, in 1817; the liberal Revolt of Porto, in 1820 and the Confederation of Ecuador, in 1824, with its epicenter in the Province of Pernambuco, spreading to other Provinces in the Northeast region of Brazil. Our intention was to reveal the positions of Judges from Outside the Province of Pernambuco in relation to these political movements. During the study, we found that Vila de Goiana was used as the general headquarters of the rulers of Pernambuco, where Juiz de Fora played an important role in the administrative and military spheres, as a strong arm of the Government. We also noticed that during periods of calm, magistrates were focused on their daily activities. Even so, their daily lives were not limited to the judiciary, but also to the administrative issues of the town or city. In general, the correspondence deals with arrests, lawsuits, investigations, requests for various materials, public order, accountability, requests for money to pay the Military Forces and other matters, all very much in line with everyday life and political movements. -social of the time. In the end, we offer society, as a result of our research work, a catalog of around 270 correspondences studied within our time frame.