Bound manuscript volume. The volume registers deeds of sale, mortgages, official letters (ofícios), power of attorney (procuração), and letters of manumission recorded between 1834 and 1835. Includes a power of attorney granted by Patrício José de Almeida to his attorneys; mortgage deed of Dona Isabel Maria de Lima, widow of captain Mathias de Figueiredo Rocha for the benefit of their orphaned childrens’ education; papers concerning the sale of land in Arraçais; official letter of the Juiz de Direito de Comarca de Pombal, Manoel Jeronimo Guedes Alconforado, to the Municipal Judge of Vila de Sousa, about the duties of their offices and the chief of police; letters of manumission of enslaved men, women, and children owned by José Rodrigues dos Santos, Nicacia Teresa de Jesus and her heirs, capitão-mor Patrício José de Almeida and his wife Dona Josefa Barreto, Vicente De Oliveira Ledo, and others. Recorded in Vila Nova de Sousa by the scribe Francisco Antonio de Paula and notary public Francisco Teotonio de Paula.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 51 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Numbered through folio 48. Book with original front hardcover (in leather), loose, and missing back cover, badly damagd by water. Folios are damaged by insects, and iron gall ink.
Creator (Author): Notary Francisco Antonio de Paula, and Notary public Francisco Teotonio de Paula.
