 On 17 September the President of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro, Josė Clemente Pereira, sent to the other Chambers of the country the news that the Acclamation would occur in the anniversary of Pedro on 12 October.The official separation would only occur on 22 September 1822 in a letter written by Pedro to João VI.In it, Pedro still calls himself Prince Regent and his father is considered the King of the independent Brazil.