Termo de empréstimo de He Ya-Qing a "Taira Micas", sobre o empréstimo de cem patacas
This is a transcribed historical loan receipt dated 28 October 1777 (5th day of the 10th month, Qianlong 42nd year), originating as a promissory note issued by He Yaqing in connection with a loan of one hundred silver taels (yuan) borrowed from Ton Latam Ka Gongtou, with repayment stipulated within...
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1777-11-04
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/4W9WNPGM/viewer_4W9WNPGM.html |
| Summary: | This is a transcribed historical loan receipt dated 28 October 1777 (5th day of the 10th month, Qianlong 42nd year), originating as a promissory note issued by He Yaqing in connection with a loan of one hundred silver taels (yuan) borrowed from Ton Latam Ka Gongtou, with repayment stipulated within one month and explicit prohibition of delay or default. The document bears marginalia indicating archival reference numbers (487, T61, 1777) and a personal seal (huāyā) attributed to He Yaqing, alongside a circular red stamp identifying the National Archive of Brazil as the custodial institution. Although the loan transaction appears to involve Chinese parties and dating conventions consistent with Qing dynasty administrative practice, the document’s current provenance resides in the National Archive of Brazil, raising questions regarding transnational archival circulation, colonial-era documentation practices, or later acquisition pathways. The text functions as a formal, legally oriented financial instrument intended for official record-keeping and verification, reflecting contractual norms and documentary conventions of late eighteenth-century East Asian mercantile and legal culture. Researchers will find this item valuable for studies of Sino-global financial exchange, historical debt instruments, cross-cultural archival migration, and the material history of Qing-era written contracts; its presence in a Brazilian national archive warrants critical attention to colonial collecting practices and the global dispersal of historical documents. This transcription is provided strictly for scholarly analysis of the original manuscript’s linguistic, juridical, and provenancial features. |
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