September1822 Dear Diary, After fighting a year already today is the day Pedro I of Brazil, has proclaimed our independence from Portugal. But there will still be the aftermath, more events to come. Then he is crowned the first emperor of the country in which i serve, Brazil. We were discussing today and even agreed to pay Portugal for our independence, it is this important to us. How could we run ourselves a sucessful, independent country under the rule of a whole different country? Novemember 1848 Dear Diary, Sincerely, Jose Rodriguez A Government Official November 25, 1889 Sincerely, Jose Rodriguez