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[PRÍNCIPE REGENTE D. JOÃO / GOVERNADORES DO REINO]. GUERRA PENINSULAR - Regência, Segurança e Exército (1809). Rio de Janeiro e Lisboa, 1809. - [PRÍNCIPE REGENTE D. JOÃO / GOVERNADORES DO REINO] GUERRA PENINSULAR - Regência, Segurança e Exército (1809) . 13 diplomas: 5 Decretos, 1 Alvará, 4 Proclamações, 1 Plano; Rio de Janeiro e Lisboa, 1809. A set of thirteen pieces from 1809, the year of Soult's second invasion and the reorganization of the Army under Beresford: the decree re-establishing the Government of the Kingdom and the proclamation of the Prince Regent, the proclamations and decrees of the Governors on the security of the Kingdom, the suppression of sedition and rumor, recruitment, desertion, the organization of the artillery, and the financial and personnel measures of the Army. January 2, 1809 (Prince Regent D. João; Gonçalo José da Costa Sotto-Maior) - Decree issued at the Palace of Rio de Janeiro which, with the Kingdom restored and freed from French rule, establishes the Government in the absence of the Prince, confirming the Governors and appointing the Secretaries of the Kingdom and Treasury, the Navy and War, and Foreign Affairs. January 2, 1809 (Prince Regent D. João) - Proclamation ”Clergy, Nobility and People of My Kingdoms of Portugal and the Algarves”, in which the Prince thanks the Portuguese for their insurrection against the French and the help of their British ally, and explains the decision to withdraw to Brazil to spare the blood of his vassals; Rio de Janeiro. January 21, 1809 (Governors of the Kingdom; João António Salter de Mendonça) - Proclamation to the Portuguese people urging them to defend themselves, engage in military exercises, and show patriotic enthusiasm, with reference to the armies of Moore and La Romana. 4 Feb 1809 (Governors of the Kingdom; João António Salter de Mendonça) - Proclamation concerning popular excesses, condemning arbitrary arrests and abuses of authority by those who are not magistrates, and ordering that arms be used only against enemies. Two copies. March 20, 1809 (Prince Regent D. João) - Decree which, for the security of the Kingdom, orders the observance of the Kingdom's Ordinance, Book 5, Title 6, against vassals who take up arms in favor of the enemies, or maintain correspondence with the French armies, with the penalties of death, confiscation and infamy, and the order not to give quarter to those who are caught in combat. March 20, 1809 (Governors of the Kingdom) - Decree against the disorganization and intrigues of the enemy's agents, who seek to sow distrust among the people, the authorities, and the allies. 20 Mar 1809 (Governors of the Kingdom) - Decree that, as a crime of treason, punishes those who spread false news and slander against British allies and generals. April 7, 1809 (Governors of the Kingdom) - Decree on the recruitment of regiments in the Province of Além-Tejo, which orders that unmarried young men aged sixteen to thirty present themselves within eight days to the heads of the corps and serve for four months, under penalty of being arrested and punished. June 12, 1809 (Prince Regent D. João) - Decree pardoning all deserters who, within one month, present themselves to their regiments, with a passport and itinerary from the nearest military or civil authority. October 20, 1809 (Prince Regent D. João; Governors of the Kingdom) - Decree approving the plan proposed by Marshal Beresford for the organization of the four artillery regiments of the Army, signed by D. Miguel Pereira Forjaz, and publishing the Plan with the regimental strengths. October 30, 1809 (Prince Regent D. João; Count of Redondo) - Decree establishing January 1, 1809 as the date from which salaries and current expenses of the Army, enlisted personnel, Navy, wages and pensions would be paid on time, applying any surplus to the payment of overdue payrolls. December 12, 1809 (Prince Regent D. João; Governors of the Kingdom) - Decree which, from January 1, 1810, increases by twelve percent the salaries of officers of the Army General Staff, the Royal Corps of Engineers, the infantry, cavalry and artillery, and the Royal Police Guard. December 15, 1809 (Prince Regent D. João; Patriarch Bishop, Marquis Monteiro-Mor, D. Miguel Pereira Forjaz) - Royal Decree ordering the establishment of recruit depots and the completion, by January 15, 1810, of the line corps and militia regiments, distributing recruitment by provinces and subjecting unmarried men aged eighteen to thirty-five, in accordance with the Royal Decree of February 24, 1764. The thirteen pieces cover the security of the State, the organization of the Army, and military finances in the year in which the administration of the Kingdom was reconstituted, after the expulsion of Junot and before the invasion of Masséna. The Royal Decree of December 15, 1809, which establishes the penal paragraphs of recruitment, is referred to in the pardon of December 20, 1810 (Lot 5.6).