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[D. JOSÉ I]. COMPANHIA DO ALTO DOURO - Privilégios, Apólices e Prorrogação. - [D. JOSÉ I] COMPANHIA DO ALTO DOURO - Privilégios, Apólices e Prorrogação . 4 diplomas: 4 Alvarás; Portugal, 1766-1776. A set of four Royal Decrees from King José I concerning the statutes of the General Company of Agriculture of the Vineyards of the Upper Douro, established in 1756, in two phases: the defense of the value of its bonds, between 1766 and 1768, and the expansion of its exclusive trading area and the extension of its privilege, in 1776. Two of the decrees are included in duplicate. June 21, 1766 (King José I; Count of Oeiras) - Orders that the bonds of the General Companies of Grão-Pará and Maranhão, of Agriculture of the Vineyards of Alto Douro and of Pernambuco and Paraíba be considered as solid and effective assets, and not as assets of the third kind, annulling the orders and sentences to the contrary and the executions already initiated, with the penalty of forfeiture of offices to the judges and lawyers who contravene; registered on June 25 and published on June 27, 1766. August 30, 1768 (King José I; Count of Oeiras) - Declares the Royal Decree of June 21, 1766, establishing the penalties incurred by those who purchase bonds from the Companies for less than the value they have in their respective books, according to the current state of the funds at the time of the contracts, and ordering that foreign merchants cannot be compelled, in court or out of court, to receive bonds against their will in payment of debts. Two copies. August 6, 1776 (King José I; Marquis of Pombal) - Orders that the ports of Bahia, Pernambuco, Paraíba, and all others in Africa and Asia be free for the trade of wines, brandies, and vinegars from Estremadura and adjacent islands, and that the port of Rio de Janeiro and those south of it be opened only to the exclusive trade of the Alto Douro Company; registered on August 16, 1776. August 28, 1776 (King José I; Marquis of Pombal) - Extends for another twenty years the General Company of Agriculture of the Vineyards of the Upper Douro, granting it, in addition to the privileges it then enjoyed, those that were later granted to the Companies of Grão-Pará and Maranhão and of Pernambuco and Paraíba, in all that was applicable to it. Two copies. This collection documents the relationship between the Companhia do Alto Douro and the large, privileged companies of Brazil created during the Pombaline period: the equalization of their policies, the protection of their securities against creditors and foreigners, and the extension of commercial privileges that sustained the monopoly of Douro wine. It is a source for the economic history of Port wine and Portuguese colonial trade. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate