The book contains correspondence exchanged between the Provincial Government and the Province's Chief of Police, Deputies (delegados) and Assistant Deputies (subdelegados), from 1845 to 1847. It includes: information on the capture of a First Line Provisionary Corps' Private; orders to Pilar's Chief of Police to dispatch a patrol to Ingá to aid that location's residents; measures to prevent expenses during recruitment; dismissal and appointment of Piancó's Police Station's Fifth Substitute; notice to increase the police detachment in Campina Grande; riots in the Province of Pernambuco and the possibility of similar issues arising in Paraíba; among others.
Created by the Provincial Government of Paraíba.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 147 folios, in addition to front and back cover. Manuscript book with non-original hardcover. Binding compromises readability. Badly damaged by iron gall ink. Some folios are torn. Numerated through folio 144.
Creator (Author): Frederico Carneiro de Campos, presidente da Província.
