The book contains the Secretary of Government's (Secretaria de Governo) correspondence from the year 1887, in reference to: exoneration of João Tavares Adão from the post of First Substitute Deputy (1º suplente do delegado) in the Pilões parish; exoneration of Leopoldino Socrates Cavalcante from the post of Assistant Deputy (subdelegado) in the Batalhão district; appointment of Lindolpho Manuel de Alcantara as Second Substitute Assistant Deputy (2º suplente do subdelegado) in the Second District of the capital; approval of contracts with local merchants Figueiredo Jorge da Costa and José Francisco de Moura to supply food for the local prison and leeches to the nursery/infirmary; orders for the capture and arrest of criminals; privates to accompany prisoners to trial in Pernambuco; rental of the house where the Bahia da Traição's district prison operates; repair works in Alagoa do Monteiro's jail.
Created by the Provincial Government of Paraíba.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 336 folios, in addition to front and back cover.. Manuscript book with original hardcover. Damaged by iron gall ink.