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[COMPANHIA DO ALTO DOURO / D. JOÃO, PRÍNCIPE REGENTE]. COMPANHIA DO ALTO DOURO - Editais da Junta e Honras. Porto, 1804-1805. - [COMPANHIA DO ALTO DOURO / D. JOÃO, PRÍNCIPE REGENTE] COMPANHIA DO ALTO DOURO - Editais da Junta e Honras . 5 diplomas: 4 Editais, 1 Alvará; Porto e Queluz, 1804-1805. A collection of five documents from the years 1804 and 1805 concerning the General Company of Agriculture of the Vineyards of the Upper Douro: four Edicts from the Board of Directors, signed in Porto, regarding the price of wine for shipment, an interest-bearing loan, smuggling and wine cellars, and the Royal Decree of the Prince Regent granting it the title of Illustrious and the treatment of Lordship. June 16, 1804. Notice from the Board: The Royal Charter of January 27, 1804, had ordered the collection of nine thousand six hundred réis per pipe of wine for shipment, as compensation for the four thousand réis increase over the legal price for new wines from 1804 to 1806; the Royal Charter of June 9th waives this collection and applies the increases to the Royal Treasury; it prohibits further increases in price and orders the opening of a loan at five percent interest. Signed by Gabriel Afonso Ribeiro. August 7, 1804: Notice from the Board that, in execution of the Royal Charter of June 9, 1804, opens a loan at six percent interest, with negotiable bills, to meet the State's urgent needs; payments are received at the Company's Treasury in Porto or Lisbon, in the hands of the delegated procurator. June 11, 1805. Notice against the smuggling of wine stored in markets, shrines, roads, and private homes within the district of the Company's exclusive privilege: by Royal Resolution of November 29, 1804, witnesses are sufficient in the investigations of the Conservator Judge, corporal punishments being reserved for cases of actual seizure. August 15, 1805 (Prince Regent D. João; Count of Vila Verde) - Royal Decree granting the Board of Directors of the Company the title of Most Illustrious and the style of Lady, issued at the Palace of Queluz. 16 Aug 1805 Notice from the Board regarding the Royal Resolution of November 29, 1804, in consultation with the Board of August 17 of the same year, which regulates, in the demarcated district for export wine, the bottling in other people's cellars and the transit of wines, to prevent fraud. This collection documents the Alto Douro Company in the early 19th century, amidst the financial pressure exerted by the State on the farmers, the fight against smuggling, and the recognition of the dignity of its Board. It is material of interest for the history of Port wine during the period of the French Invasions. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate