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Although tradition has not been kind to Adandozan, he has helped to salvage his own reputation through a substantial number of letters that he, or secretaries in his employ, wrote to various outsiders, especially the kings and other officials of Portugal who fled to Brazil following the conquest of Portugal by Napoleon.

In these letters, Adandozan outlines a substantial military campaigns, which he presents as victories, as well as showing his negotiations with Europeans.

Some of these letters were published in Pierre Verger in the 1960s.

A large cache, found in the Instituto Historico e Geografico Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro, and several of the letters in this collection were examined in an article published in the journal Slavery and Abolition.