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[GUERRA PENINSULAR]. GUERRA PENINSULAR - Fazenda, Fim da Guerra e Empréstimo (1812-1817). Lisboa: Na Impressão Régia, 1812-1817. - [GUERRA PENINSULAR] GUERRA PENINSULAR - Fazenda, Fim da Guerra e Empréstimo (1812-1817) . 4 diplomas: 3 Portarias, 1 Proclamação; Lisboa, 1812-1817. A set of four documents from the Government of the Kingdom between 1812 and 1817: the reinforcement of the Extraordinary Defense Contribution, the proclamation of the end of the Peninsular War, the recovery of assets usurped by the French and, already in peacetime, a loan to settle the debts of the Royal Treasury. 2 July 1812 (Prince Regent D. João; Governors of the Kingdom) - Decree reinforcing, with new provisions, the Extraordinary Defense Contribution established by the Decree of July 31, 1811, regulating in sixteen articles the levy on wills, inheritances and legacies, on the profits of commerce and capitalists and on shops, and its collection by the superintendents of the Tenth. August 6, 1814 (Governors of the Kingdom) - Proclamation to the Portuguese announcing the end of the calamities of war, the peace of Europe and the restitution of the House of Bourbon to its hereditary States, and the intention of the Governors to lay down at the feet of the Prince Regent the authority that had been entrusted to them; signed by the Marquis of Olhão, Principal Sousa, Marquis of Borba and Ricardo Raimundo Nogueira. 23 Nov 1815 (Governors of the Kingdom) - Decree ordering an accurate list to be compiled within thirty days of the precious objects and important documents usurped in the Kingdom by French agents during the occupation until their expulsion in September 1808, and the debts incurred by them, to be sent to the State Secretariat for Foreign Affairs. 8 July 1817 (D. João VI; Governors of the Kingdom) - Decree opening a loan of four million cruzados in the Royal Treasury in 3200 shares of five hundred thousand réis, with interest of six percent paid semi-annually, allocating to it, among other funds, a tax of fifteen percent in the customs of Lisbon on foreign goods of the attached list (herrings, biscuits, salted meat, cow butter, ham, cheeses and bacon), signed by João António Salter de Mendonça. The collection allows us to follow the financial policy and the transition from war to peace, with particular interest for the fiscal history of the Extraordinary Defense Contribution, established by the decree discussed in Lot 5.5 and amended by the decree of July 2, 1812. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate