Bound manuscript volume. The volume records letters of payment (quitação), deeds of sale, powers of attorney (procurações), and letters of manumission registered between 1799 and 1800. Includes a letter of payment (quitação) made by Maria Pires de Carvalho to her children of a lot of slaves and property in Timbaúba and Serra Branca; deed of sale for land in Ribeira do Piranhas sold by mestre de campo Pedro Ferreira Batista and his wife, Maria do Rosario, to José Pedro Pessoa; power of attorney granted by Manuel de C. Leite, resident of Ceará Grande, to his attorneys in the town of Pombal, José Rodrigues Seixas and Gonçalo de Brito Lira e Vasconcellos Pessoa, granted by captain José Ferrira de Sousa to Manuel dos Santos and Luiz da Veiga Pessoa in the town of Igarassu; sale of slaves and property; letters of manumission of enslaved men, women, and children owned by Manoel Santos de Matos, José de Barros Silva and Vicencia Ferreira; Theresa de Jesus Maria, and others. Recorded in Vila de Pombal by notary Manuel José de Farias.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 90 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Conains original leather cover, badly damaged; folios damaged by insects and iron gall ink.
Creator (Author): Notary Manuel Jose de Farias.
