Abstract
This project aims to study the active correspondence of the portuguese D. Luís de Almeida, 2nd Marquis of Lavradio, sent while governing the captainship of Bahia and as viceroy of Brazil, during the period of 1768 to 1779, when he lived in portuguese America. D. Luís de Almeida is seen by historiography dedicated to the portuguese-brazilian colonial period as one of the most important adm…