The book contains correspondence exchanged between the Police Secretary (Secretaria de Policia) and police deputies and assistant deputies (delegados and subdelegados) from the different provincial parishes from 1857 to 1858. Topics treated in the letters include: arrest of a criminal for murder in the Province of Pernambuco forced to join the military; kidnapping of minors; Manoel Silvestre de Barros Castro and Francisco de Paula Cavalcante de Albuquerque's request for the suspension of their trail, and that parda Ignacia be freed; slave wounded by gunshot; desertion of soldiers; appointment s to the posts of police assistant deputies (subdelegados) in the district of Alhandra. Chiefs of Police: Manoel Herculano Thomas Henriques and Manoel Clementino Carneiro da Cunha.
Created by Chiefs of Police.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 193 folios, in addition to front and back cover. Manuscript book with non-original hardcover. Acidity spots. Numerated through folio 189.
Creator (Author): Chefes de Polícia: Manoel Herculano Thomas Henriques e Manoel Clementino Carneiro da Cunha.
