Printed and manuscript documentation originally separate and bound in a single volume. The volume registers royal letters and decrees (alvarás de lei) dating from 1745 to 1755 and sent to the capitães mores of Paraíba. Records orders to re-inspect an English vessel under the command of Miler Nordes that docked in the Captaincy in 1742; construction costs of the Fortaleza de Cabedelo; requests for armaments made by interim governor José Lobo Lacerda to the auxiliaries of the cavalry; the nomination of Jose Antonio da Cunha for accountant (provedor) of the Royal Treasury of the captaincy; the request of Francisco Pereira das Chagas, bookkeeper (guarda livros) counting house (Casa dos Contos); the excesses committed by residents of the backlands (sertão) of Piancó against the Panati Indians; a decree (alvará) about the marriage of Portuguese and Indians; an alvará de lei prohibiting the sale of African slaves outside of Portuguese territory, and other documents concerning administration of the captaincy.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 244 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Contains non-original cover; folios damaged by insects and iron gall ink.
Creator (Author): King (Portugal); Overseas Council (Conselho Ultrarino, Portugal).
