Bound manuscript volume. The volume registers deeds of sale, mortgages, filiation, powers of attorney (procuração), and letters of manumission recorded between 1845 and 1846. Contains recognition of paternity (escritura de filiação) made by Antonio Alves de Sousa; deed of sale for land in Trapiá sold by Francisca Maria Dourada to José de Oliveira Ledo Junior; mortgage deed of land; procuração granted by José Barbosa Moreira and his wife, Rita Maria de Jesus, to their attorneys; deeds of donations of land; letters of manumission of enslaved men and women owned by the heirs of Joanna Goncalvis França, Joaquin Alves de Santa Anna and his wife Rita Maria de Jezus, and others. Recorded in Vila Nova de Sousa by notary public Francisco Teotonio de Paula.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 95 ffolios, in addition to front and back covers. Book with original hardcover, severely damaged by water, iron gall ink, and tearing. Book is numerated through folio 96.
Creator (Author): Notary public Francisco Teotonio de Paula.
