AUTÓGRAFO.- QUENTAL, Antero de (1842-1891).- Carta.- Século XIX (s.d.).- 4 p.; 20 cm. Extensive handwritten letter, undated, addressed to António de Azevedo Castelo Branco, communicating his difficult decision to return to the islands with the “only solution,” without even informing his closest friends, ... because I feared that the affectionate cry (underlined in the original) of such friendly hearts would shake a determination that I only hold secure in my head, but which is very weak in my heart and constantly crumbling. It is worth remembering that, after several stays in Lisbon and Porto and a trip to North America (1869), Antero returned definitively to Ponta Delgada in 1891, where he would commit suicide on September 11 of the same year. The letter is slightly handled, with some weakened amendments and folds, but entirely legible, signed Anthero.