The book contains registers of the Provincial Junta (Junta Provincial) between 1821 and 1824. It includes information on Decrees issued by the General Constitutional Courts of the Portuguese Nation (1821); inspection of prisoners in the city jail of Paraíba; petitions by farmers from several municipalities against cattle ranching in areas destined to agriculture; measures to prevent a conspiracy against D. João VI and the possibility that conspirators might seek refuge in Rio Grande do Norte (1822); shipment of records for the Data de Sesmaria Gado-Bravo (1823); correspondence between Felippe Neri and members of Paraíba's Senate chamber regarding his appointment to the provincial government (1824).
Created by the Provincial Government of Paraíba.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 270 folios, in addition to front and back cover. Manuscript book with original cover wrapped in newspaper. Volume is incomplete and damaged by insects and water. First folio is improperly bound. Written information runs through folio 258.
