The book registers correspondence exchanged with several authorities and individuals from outside the Province, from 1859 to 1864. Topics include: economic measures adopted by Legislative Chambers; police proceedings from the town of Alagoa do Monteiro; trade in Africans in the Island of Itamaracá and in Rio Grande do Norte; bank project for the regulation of emissions by the Bank of Brazil and other government-approved banks; neutrality in the war between France and Sardinia; Law Graduate (Bacharel) João Rodrigues Chaves's petition to the post of Municipal Judge in the capital; notice denouncing Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Quirino de Souza's acts of barbarity against the indigenous population of the Parish of Jacoca; notice of forced recruitment to the Army in the city of Areia; arrest and punishment of criminal Liberato Cavalcente de Carvalho Nóbrega in Vila do Teixeira; among others. Letters are signed by Ambrozio Leitão da Cunha, Francisco D’Araujo Lima, Thomás Mindelo (Provincial Secretary).
Created by the Provincial Government of Paraíba.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 234 folios, in addition to front and back cover. Manuscript book with non-original hardcover. Damaged by iron gall ink. Some folios are torn. Numerated through folio 232.
Creator (Author): Ambrozio Leitão da Cunha, Francisco D’Araujo Lima, Thomás Mindelo (Secretário da Província).
