Bound manuscript volume. The volume registers mortgage deeds, sales, pardons, powers of attorney (procuração), and letters of manumission drawn up between 1800 and 1842. Records deed of sale for land in Santa Rita sold to Manoel Bernardes de Morais by Antonio José da Costa and his wife, Maria Francisca, Vicente Ferreira Luna, and Anna Rosa da Silva; pardon granted by Antonio José Pinto and his wife, Anna Maria do Carmo, to José Barbosa de Lucena, imprisoned in the jail of Vila de Sousa; power of attorney granted by Bento Pereira de Andrade and his wife, Dona Theresa Maria de Jesus, to their attorneys; mortgage deed for slaves and land taken out by João Ferreira da Silva; letters of manumission of enslaved men and women owned by João Carvalho da Silva, Maria do Bom Suçesso Maciel, Father Luis José Correa de Sá, and others. Recorded in Vila Nova de Sousa by notary publics José Matheus do Rego Faria, Policarpo Venancio Borges, Theodoro Alvariz de Figueredo, and Francisco Teotonio de Paula.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 56 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Book with original hardcover badly damaged by water; folios damaged by tearing and iron gall ink. Folios contains three different systems of numbering.
Creator (Author): Notary publics José Matheus do Rego Faria, Policarpo Venancio Borges, Theodoro Alvariz de Figueredo, and Francisco Teotonio de Paula.
