PORTUGAL. Pedro de Sousa Holstein, duke of PALMELA (1781-1850) Portuguese statesman and diplomat. L.A.S., Falmouth, September 27, 1828, to the Earl of Aberdeen, Principal Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs; 3 pages in-4; in French. "Her Majesty the Queen of Portugal, my August Sovereign, having just landed in this port, I hasten to inform Your Excellency of this event, and to request her to accept the thanks of Her most faithful Majesty for the distinguished reception which, in conformity with the orders of Her Britannic Majesty, has been given to her by the military and civil authorities of Falmouth. He must give to his Majesty a "letter addressed by H.M. the Emperor of Brazil, in his capacity as tutor of his August daughter the Queen of Portugal, to His Majesty the King your August Master"...