Bound manuscript volume. The volume records deeds of donation, mortgage, sales, power of attorney, and slaves' manumission from 1825 to 1828. It includes: power of attorney (procuração) of Manoel Pedrosa; deed of sale of land on Santa Anna do Deserto's farm, in the village of Portalegre, Rio Grande do Norte Province; deed of land mortgage made by Sergeant Master J. Luís José de Cunha; deed of donation of José Antonio Marques da Silva Guimarães's estate to João Rodrigues Sarmento and his wife, Mrs. Ana Quitena de Sá; Freedom papers for enslaved blacks, mulatos and creoles (de cor preta, mulata e cabra, de procedência crioula) men, women and children granted by their masters (Joze Alvares dos Santos Camello, Alexandre Xavier de Azevedo Monteiro, Captain Manoel Francisco de Souza and his wife Izabel Pessoa Cavalcante) or acquired through self manumission. Documents refer to the Vila Nova de Sousa location and were issued by public notaries Antonio Joaquim de Azevedo, Francisco Rodrigues Camilo and Caetano Jorge de Aguiar.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 122 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Book with original hardcover (leather), badly damaged by water. Folios damaged by tears, insects and iron gall ink. Book is numerated through folio 130, but folio 1-7, and 9, are missing.
Creator (Author): Notary publics: Antonio Joaquim de Azevedo, Francisco Rodrigues Camilo, and Caetano Jorge de Aguiar.
