The book contains register of passports issued between 1842 and 1845. It includes: passports given by Paraíba's Chiefs of Police to free Brazilians, Portuguese, and other foreign nationals to travel either alone or in the company of enslaved individuals, the latter being Africans or Afro-descendant (in Portuguese, the mixed population was described in many ways, including: parda, cabra, mulata, crioulos); passports to travelers of the following professions: gravediggers, merchants, farmers, traders, apothecaries and others, traveling to Recife, Pernambuco, Pedra de Fogo, Paraíba, Vitória, Espirito Santo, Nossa Senhora de Nazareth, Rio Galvão do Sul and other locations. Chiefs of Police: Francisco de Pereira Rocha Junior, Manoel Jeronimo Guedes Alcanforado, and Antonio Joaquim de Albuquerque e Mello.
Created by Chiefs of Police.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 153 folios, in addition to front and back cover. Manuscript book which has undergone restauration. Original hardcover is severely damaged by insects. Yellowing folios. Numerated through folio 150.
Creator (Author): Francisco de Pereira Rocha Junior, Manoel Jeronimo Guedes Alcanforado e Antonio Joaquim de Albuquerque e Mello.
