The codice contains manuscript documents dating from 1660 through 1665. Included are notarial registers recording a 1662 sale of land made by Duarte Pereira Pinto to Captain Antonio Vidal; the lease of land by Captain Gabriel de Mendonça Furtado, owner of Sítio Poxi (in the city of Nossa Senhora das Neves) to Luis Nunes da Foncequa; powers of attorney drawn up by Bento Roiz, an attorney in the city of Olinda, Provincia de Pernambuco, on behalf of Antonio Cardozo, Francisco Franco, and Antonio Pereira; a letter of donation of a land grant (sesmaria) conceded by the capitão mor of Paraíba, João Rebello de Lima, to Pedro Xara; the letter of manumission of an enslaved mulata woman named Apolonia, purchased by Luis Nogueira de Carvalho from Senhor Antonio Fernandes Furnas (1663); and the letter of manumission of an enslaved woman from Guinea (escrava do gentio de Guiné) (1665). Recorded by notary Gonçalo Lopes do Lago.
Extent and format of original material: 1 manuscript volume of 255 folios (total 510 pages, including front and back covers). Manuscript book, containing non-original cover, and restored with Japanes paper and starch paste that make visibility of the information difficult.
Creator (Author): Gonçalo Lopes do Lago (Notary).
