Abstract
Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil was born in 1858 in the town of Sao Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul. When still young, he moved to Porto Alegre, where he was involved in founding the Republican Club of Porto Alegre, in1878. In the same year, he moved to the capital of Sao Paulo and began his Law studies at the Law Faculty of Sao Francisco [San Francisco Square] where he formed close ties with the Republican cause. Among other colleagues and fellow militants, there were compatriots who in the near future were to feature prominently in the scene of ´gaucho´ politics: Pinheiro Machado, Borges de Medeiros and Julio de Castilhos. De Castilhos became a close friend and brother-in-law1
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