Bound manuscript volume. The volume registers deeds of sale, powers of attorney, and letters of manumission recorded between 1823 and 1834. Contains a deed of sale for land named São Gonçalo sold by Dona Josefa de Almeida Barreto and her heirs to Antonio Alves da Nobrega; power of attorney made by the heirs of deceased captain Eugenia José da Almeida; letters of manumission of enslaved men, women, and children owned by Dona Anna Filicia and Major Francisco Antonio Correia de Sá, ajudante Miguel Salgado Chaves and Dona Maria Geusa Pessoa de Vasconcello, and ensign (alferes) João Ferreira da Silva and his mother, Dona Francisca Maria do Sacramento. Recorded in Vila Nova de Sousa by scribes José Pordeos Rodrigues Sexias and Francisco Teotonio de Paula, and by notary public Francisco Teotonio de Paula.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 82 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Numbered through folio 81. Book with original hardcover (fabric), severely damaged by water; folios are damaged by insects, and iron gall ink.
Creator (Author): Notaries José Pordeos Rodrigues Seixas, and Francisco Teotonio de Paula; and Notary public Francisco Teotonio de Paula.
