Acknowledgements

The editor of the Revista Nova website would like to thank the Centro de Documentação e Pesquisa (CEDAP), the Library of the Faculty of Sciences and Letters of the São Paulo State University, in Assis, the Institute of Brazilian Studies of the University of São Paulo (IEB-USP) and the Centro de Apoio à Pesquisa Histórica “Sérgio Buarque de Holanda” (CAPH-USP) for their collaboration.