Loose manuscript documents dating from 1802 to 1824. Royal letter (carta régia) ordering the remittance to the Overseas Council (Conselho Ultramarino) of the letter patent (carta patente) unduly awarded to Luiz de Oliveira Chaves and his suspension from his position as coronel of the Regimento de Milícias dos Homens Branco of the city of Paraíba, conferring the post to coronel Amaro Gomes Coutinho (1802); certificate from vicar João Nepomuneco Dias Cabral regarding the celebration of masses for the soul of Ana Francisca at the bequest of the executor of her will, Captain Agostinho Duarte Vianna (1811); partial correspondence of Jerônimo José Rodrigues Chaves referring to the reception of prisoners from Vila Nova de Sousa and Vila Nova da Rainha, among other matters (1815); correspondence of Antonio da Silva Lisboa regarding the selection of a day to swear loyalty to the Brazilian Constitution (1824).
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 15 folios, in addition to folder and front cover. . State of conservation of this colume is very bad; only a few folios survived, along with some loose original documents which are torn, damaged by water and iron gall ink.
Creator (Author): King (Portugal); Paraíba's Government.
