Originally separate printed and manuscript documentation bound in a single volume. The volume contains royal letters, provisions, and decrees (alvarás and alvarás de lei) dating from 1733 to 1744. Contains orders concerning the payment of taxes, customs duties, and the public accounts of the tax office (Provedoria da Fazenda); contracts; the distribution of provisions (for example, flour); the sugar subsidy; the sentencing of brothers Manoel de Beça Dourado and Amaro de Beça Dourado by the War Council (Conselho de Guerra); the control of the number of ships in the ports of the islands of Madeira and São Miguel; navigation to the ports of Brazil and the penalties imposed for contraband trade; the assistance from Indians in the construction of a bridge; the imprisonment of Indians for witchcraft in the captaincy of Mamanguape; and other documents.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 352 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Contains non-original cover; folio 1 is missing, and the last folio is glued to back cover; some folios damaged by insects and iron gall ink.
Creator (Author): Rei (Portugal); Conselho Ultrarino (Portugal).
