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[D. JOSÉ I / D. MARIA I]. CÂMARA DE LISBOA — Abastecimento, Preços, Pesos e Medidas. Lisboa. 1753–1789. - [D. JOSÉ I / D. MARIA I] CÂMARA DE LISBOA — Abastecimento, Preços, Pesos e Medidas . Lisboa, 1753–1789. 5 diplomas: 2 Alvarás, 1 Alvará com força de Lei, 1 Edital, 1 Determinação régia. A collection of five decrees concerning the supply of foodstuffs to the city of Lisbon and the regulation of prices, weights, and measures in the urban market. The City Council historically had the responsibility of ensuring that the city was supplied with meat, bread, and other essential goods at affordable prices, monitoring the measures and weights of vendors. The decrees gathered here document different aspects of this daily economic governance, from setting rates to abolishing excessive rents and controlling price weighers. July 5, 1753 (King Joseph I) — Decrees that straw cloths must have a determined weight; obligation of the Senate of the Chamber to annually set two taxes for the sale of said product; prohibition of middlemen who buy straw to resell it, under the declared penalties. c. 1765 (D. José I) — Confirms the Deed and Conditions by which the President, Councilors, Procurators and Trades of the Senate of the Chamber of Lisbon contracted with the Butchers for the supply of all meats in the Butcher Shops of the City at fixed prices, for four years. February 21, 1765 (King José I) — Abolition of taxes and duties on all food sold in the city of Lisbon and its surrounding area; termination of rents and contracts related to said duties, with the declared restrictions; partial liberalization of the Lisbon food market. May 30, 1789 (Queen Maria I) — Order from Her Majesty to the Senate of the Chamber, through the Count of Povolide, to consult on the petition of the Bakers with Bread Factories outside the walls of Lisbon, without making any changes. December 9, 1789 (Queen Maria I) — Edict from the Senate Chamber ordering that the Measurer of Liquids refrain from selling them to the public, only measure them; Master Potters manufacture measures for liquids where the public will buy them; separation of the functions of measurement and sale. This collection documents the complexities of Lisbon's municipal economic governance: meat supply contracts, abolition of food taxes, regulation of straw and bread, and organization of calibration services. It is a valuable resource for understanding the history of urban supply and daily life in 18th-century Lisbon. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate