Bound manuscript volume. The volume registers deeds of sales, contracts, powers of attorney (procuração), and letters of manumission recorded between 1843 and 1845. Contains mortage deed for slaves taken out by Manoel Pereira Lopes; procuração granted by Manoel Pereira Lopes to his attorneys; deed of sale for lands in Riacho sold by Captain Antonio Paes da Fonseca; deed adjusting the contract between Major José Francisco de Sousa, administrator of the patrimony of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, and Francisco de Paula Coutinho Cavalcante for construction of the central church (Igreja Matriz); letters of manumission of enslaved men, women, and children owned by Dona Rita de Jesus Dantas, Ignacio Alves Coito, Francisco Doarte Coitinho, João Alves Dantas, and others. Recorded in Vila Nova de Sousa by notary public Francisco Teotonio de Paula.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 111 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Book without cover, severely damaged by water, iron gall ink and tearing, with weak and brittle folios.
Creator (Author): Notary public Francisco Teotonio de Paula.
