1767-Jan.-28
1767-Jan.-28: The King of Portugal was informed of widespread abuses involving individuals who manipulated the elderly and sick into altering their wills.
HT-AFAM-1767-000027
1767-Jan.-28: The King of Portugal was informed of widespread abuses involving individuals who manipulated the elderly and sick into altering their wills. These perpetrators used various artifices to infiltrate families and secure legacies at the expense of legitimate heirs. In response, the Portuguese monarchy sought to implement measures to protect vulnerable subjects and ensure the integrity of successions. Reports of these European legal reforms were shared with Saint-Domingue’s residents to reflect on global issues of civil order and inheritance.
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Affiches Américaines, 28 Jan. 1767 / Bates: HT-AFAM-1767-000027