Bound manuscript volume. The volume registers official letters (ofícios), ordinances (portarias), petitions (requerimentos), and representations (representações) produced by the governor of Paraíba, Thomaz de Souza Mafre, and others between 1819 and 1821. Records the request (solicitação) for information on Antonio Manuel da Silva Coelha, secretary of the insurgent government, and the district magistrate (corregador da Comarca), André Alves Pereira Ribeiro Cime (1819); representação of the municipal council of the city of Paraíba against the appellate judge (desembargador) Antonio da Silva Lopes Rocha; confiscation of the possessions, including property and slaves, owned by the revolutionaries of 1817, such as Antonio Alves Bizerra.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 53 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Manuscript book; contains non-original cover and binding that jeopardize readability; folios damaged by insects and iron gall ink.
Creator (Author): Paraíba governor, Thomaz de Souza Mafra.
