Sousa Coutinho was a virtuous, religious person, generally characterized as polite and stern.

[1] Aires' governorship was linked to the creation of the Military Academy in Angra (decreed by King John VI); the construction of the military road of Praia (linking Angra and Praia) and the battery installed in the Fort of Santo António do Monte Brasil, in addition to the transformation of Ponta Delgada into a free trade zone (a consequence of the Peninsular Wars) and which ended the construction of the trans-Atlantic port in Vila Franca).

[1] Aires Pinto continued to support many of his predecessor's initiatives to maintain the islands' subsistence, including improving irrigation and distribution of potable water to Mosteiros and Ponta Delgada, and the establishment of the Junta de Melhoramento Agrícola (Agricultural Improvement Board).

[1] Sousa Coutinho was virtuoso, religious and polite, but grave, and governed his mandate with competency and overall satisfaction.

[1] Following Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, and exile to Elba, he had proclaimed, the drubbing of the "despot of France and jailer of Europe", before decreeing an amnesty and pardoning the deportees of the Amazonas.