Printed and manuscript documentation originally separate and bound in a single volume. The volume registers royal orders, provisions, and decrees (alvaras de lei) dating from 1770 to 1797 and sent to the governors of Paraíba. Accounts how the governors of Brazil and of Pará, Angola, and African islands should register deaths of their respective inhabitants in the registrar's office (secretarias dos governos); decree (alvará de lei) ordering that ships from Portuguese dominions in America bound for Mozambique return to Lisbon, stopping over only in Angola; 1770 royal order on the representação of the accountant (provedor) and measures for the Customs-house and its respective officials; royal letter from 1778 ordering information on the discovery of gold mines in Aguiar, near the serra da Borborema; the jurisdiction of bishops; the lack of soldiers; the necessity of expelling “idle people, vagabonds, evildoers, and disruptive people (perturbadores)”; provision requesting further information about the petition (requerimento) of José dos Santos Homem, who sought royal permission to bring an orphaned indigenous child to Portugal; and other documents pertaining to the administration of the captaincy.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume com 282 folios, 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).
