The book contains correspondence from the year 1887. It includes: slaves registered in Areia's Tax Office (coletoria); exoneration of Third Substitute Assistant Deputy (subdelegado) and appointment of new person for the position, in the districts of Villa de Pedras de Fogo and Taipu; appointment of Reverend Luiz José de Araujo to the post of Assistant in the parish of Serra da Raiz; placement of Vicars in the parishes of Patos and São João do Cariri; law graduate (bacharel) Candido Gonçalves de Albuquerque sworn into office as Public Prosecutor in the parish of Pedras de Fogo; law graduate (bacharel) José Americo de Carvalho's appointment as Parish Judge in Pillar; a nomeação de Viriato Arsenio Camlier Amazonas's appointment to the post of Guard in the Marine Officers Corps ("guardião do corpo de oficiais marinheiros"); paid leave awarded to law graduate (bacharel) Aprigio de Sá, Public Prosecutor in the parish of Sousa; payment of bonus to the First Lieutenant of the Navy ("1º tenente da armada") and Commander of the Apprentices' School (Escola de Aprendizes), Henrique Ribeiro Farias.
Created by the Provincial Government of Paraíba.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 216 folios, in addition to front and back cover. Manuscript book with original hardcover. Damaged by insects, acid paper, and iron gall ink.
