Add MS 37043

BRITISH GUIANA PAPERS. Vol. 11. (ff. 319). 1730- circ. 1768.

1. Report by Dr. Fr. Jozeph Per[eir]a de Sta. Anna on a proposal apparently affecting the powers of the Bishop of ]Pará over the missions in the interior of the diocese; Carmelite College of Coimbra, 18 Jan. 1730. With a note in agreement by Fr. Jozé de Sta. Thereza Lente de Prima, same date. f. 1.

2. The King to the Governor of the Maranhão, asking the name of a missionary who refused to supply Indians to the expedition of the Serjeant-Major, Belchior Mendes de Moraes, against the Mayapepemâ Indians on the Rio Negro; West Lisbon, 11 Feb. 1730. f. 3. [Annexe, i. 41.] Followed by the Governor's reply, S. Luis, 20 June, 1730 (f. 4 b), and another copy of the royal letter with slight verbal differences (f. 6).

3. João da Maya [da] Gama to the King on the exposed state of the Maranhão and Grão Pará; 6 Afar. 1730. f. 8.

4. Father Jozeph Lopes to Father Jozeph de Souza, Rector of the College of S. Alexander of Para', asking for a certificate of what occurred concerning slaves made by Capt. Belchior Mendes de Moraes and the Serjeant-Major, João de Almeida da Matta; College of S. Alexander, 21 Aug. 1730. f. 9. Followed (f. 9 b) by the certificate, 23 Aug. 1730. [Extract in Annexe au Contre-Mém. i. 4, 2.] 5. Petition of Father Jozeph Lopes for copies of the protests by Alex. Camelo [al. Camello] de Azevedo, Procurator of the Indians, to the Governor, in the matter. of the s1aves made by Mendes; n. d. f. 17. Followed (f. 17 b) by the copies asked for, 6 Sept. 1730, with certificates.

6. The King to the Governor of the Maranhão, on the petition of Carlos Varjão Rolim, Serjeant-Major of infantry and engineer in the Maranhão, to be transferred from the captaincy of S. Luis to that of Pará, where the forts are in urgent need of repair; West Lisbon, 6 Apr. 1731. f. 23.

7. Opinion of - Castro (extracts) on reports of the Council for Affairs beyond the Sea, 1729-1731, concerning Indian affairs, recommending self-government to the villages and other reforms; n. d. With a minute, 27 Apr. 1731. f. 24.

8. Extract from a report of the Council on the announcement by the Governor of the Maranhão of the discovery of new goldmines on the Tocantins, and relating to the nations bordering on the Portuguese possessions ; 23 Jan. 1732. f. 55. [Annexe, i. 42.] 9. Complaint of Fr. Jozeph de Payva Real, Carmelite missionary on the Japurá, that he has been disturbed by a " tropa de resgates," with a Jesuit chaplain, who enslaved the settled Indians; n. d. With a minute, 12 Mar. 1732. f 56.

10. The King to Luiz Barboza de Lima, Ouvidor Geral of the captaincy of Pará, to investigate charges against the late Governor, A. de Souza Freire, of having waged war unjustly on the Indians of the Rio Negro; West Lisbon, 27 May, 1732. f. 59.

11. Extracts from a petition of the Senate of the Chamber of Grão Pará, to the new Governor, Jozeph da Serra, to continue his predecessor's liberality in the matter of " resgates," and representing the paucity of Indian slaves; Bellem, 2 Sept. 1732. ff. 61, 64.

12. Petition by Diogo Pinto da Gaya, Captain of infantry, for an " habito de Christo " with a pension to two of his sons, recounting his services; n. d. With a minute of the Council, West Lisbon, 29 Dec. 1732, and a certificate (f. 68) by Bern. Pereyra de Berredo [ex-Governor], Bellem of Pará, 5 Aug. 1722 [1732?]. f. 66.

13. Petition of Manoel de Morass Bitancur [al. Bitancurt], Captain of infantry, for the post of captain of the fort of Nossa Senhora das Merces in Bellem; n. d. f. 70. With a minute, West Lisbon, 27 Jan. 1733 (f. 71), and a certificate, 23 Aug. 1732, of the services of petitioner's father (f. 71 b), etc.

14. Reports of the Council on letters by Governors of the Maranhão concerning the defenceless state of the province, viz. : (a) by Jozé da Serra, stating that the arms are in bad repair and the garrison inadequate; date of minute, 13 Mar. 1733. f. 76;-

(b) by João da Maya da Gama, asking for reinforcements and increased pay for the troops; 2 Dec. 1722. f. 79;-(c) by Alex. de Souza Freire, asking for reinforcements; 10 Jan. 1730. f. 80 b.

15. The King to the Governor of the Maranhão, on the petition of Miguel de Siqueira [al. Sequeira] Chaves for confirmation of his appointment as captain of the fort of the Rio Negro ; 26 Mar. 1734. With the Governor's reply, 13 Sept. 1734, and a minute, 6 Apr. 1735. f. 83.

16. Petition of the same M. de Sequeira Chaves for his pay as captain of infintry, granted by the Provedor Geral subject to the King's consent; n. d. With a minute, 28 Mar. 1734, and a copy of his petition to the Provedor and the latter's minute, Pará, 26 Feb. 1733. f. 84.

17. The King to the Governor of thee Maranhão, asking for information on the steps taken by Capt. Belchior Mendes, during his expedition to the Rio Napo, with regard to encroachments of Spanish missionaries ; West Lisbon, 1734. f. 87.

18. The King to the Desembargador, Francisco Duarte dos Santos, to investigate against Belehior Mendes of having made war on the Manaos Indians; West Lisbon, 13 Apr. 11-34. f. 89.

19. The King to the Governor of the Maranhão, to punish Mendes and Calisto da Cunha Valadares, Captain of Gorupá [Gurupá], for ill-treating Cabacabari, headman of Sta. Roza de Viterbo on the Rio Negro West Lisbon, 13 Apr. 1734. f. 90.

20. Extracts (SS 56 and 68) from a report sent to the apparently by a Jesuit, with a list of missions, a proposal to establish missions on the Madeira, the head-waters of the Rio Negro, etc.; 24 June, 1734. f. 92.

21. Fr. Antonio de Saa, Vice-Provincial of the Carmelites of the Maranhão, to the King, complaining that the Governor has submitted a complaint of Fr. Mathias de S. Boaventura, Carmelite missionary at S. Alberto dos Caboris on the Rio Negro, to the officials of the Senate of the Chamber, instead of to the Ouvidor Geral or Dezembargador, in order to rouse illfeeling against the order: Carmel of Grão Pará, 15 Sept. 1734. With minutes, 10 Feb.-23 July, 1735. f. 94. Followed (f. 95 by the complaint in question, 10 Aug. 1734 [Annexe, i. 47], with a certificate (f. 101) by the Board of Missions, 14 Sept. 1734.

22. Petition by Miguel de Syqueyra [Sequeira] Chaves, Captain of the fort of the Rio Negro, accused of having sold an Indian woman, that his case may be heard; n. d. With minutes, 22 Mar., 24 Apr. 1736. f. 102.

23. The King to the Governor of the Maranhão, censuring him for illegal practices, and for the disappearance of papers relating to the case of Belchior Mendes West Lisbon. 18 Apr. 1736. f. 104.

24. The same to the Provedor Mor da Fazenda Real of the captaincy of S. Linz of the Maranhão, commending him for having refused to confirm alterations made by his predecessor in contracts for farming the tithes; West Lisbon, 17 May, 1737. f. 106.

25. The same to the Ouvidor Geral of the captaincy of Pará, on a letter from the Capitão Mor stating that Capt. Calisto da Cunha Valadares, sent to suppress illegal slave-trading in the interior, had be-tin slave-trading on his own account and been killed by the natives; West Lisbon, 21 May, 1737. f. 108.

26. The same to the Governor of the Maranhào, on a letter from the Capitão Mor of Pará stating that the forts of Gurupá, Pauxis, Tapajos and Rio Negro were in ruins and that the Provedor da Fazenda had refused to assist in their repair West Lisbon, 22 May, 1737. f. 110.

27. The same to the same, on a letter from the Capitão Mor of Pará stating that the commandants of the forts on the Amazon, especially the one at Gurupá, were allowing men and stores for slave-trading purposes to pass up the river; West Lisbon, 22 May, 1737. f. 111.

28. Opinion of Antonio Carlos Pinto, Superintendent General of the Mines, on the question whether the " new lands" settled from Pernambuco should belong to the government of Pará; 6 July, 1737. f. 113.

29. Petition to the King by Paulo da Sylva Nunes, Procurador dos Povos do Maranhão,e Grão, Pará, to decide on his representations concerning disorders in the government, which have been awaiting an answer for fourteen years, and to give him an allowance till the matter is settled ; n. d. Referred to Jozé Carvalho de Abreo, Paco, 17 Mar. 1738. f. 115.

30. João de Abreu de Castelbranco, Governor of the Maranhão, to the King, on the expedition of Lourenco Belfort for " resgates "; Bellem, 5 Sept. 1738. With a minute, West Lisbon, 11 Dec. 1738, and enclosures, 21 Oct. 1737-30 June, 1738. ff. 120-149. [All in Annexe, i. 51.] 31. Extract from a memorial [probably by P. da Sylva Nunes, Cf. art. 291 on the ruin caused by the Jesuits in the Maranhão and Grão Parã, presented to the Council for Affairs beyond the Sea in 1738, and found by the Marquess of Pombal in 1755. This extract relates to the boundaries of the state and its exposure to attack. f. 150.

32. Petition to the King by Fr. Ignacio de S. Anna Siabra, a Carmelite, Procurator General of the Missions, for a reversal of the decision by which the Board of Missions, in annulling the " descimento ' of Indians made for Father Manoel de Couto in 1735, and directing that the Indians should remain at the mission of S. Anna de Guajaratuba, had ordered the

missionry there to pay the expenses of the " descimento "; n. d. With minutes, 4 Mar., 8 Apr. 1739. Enclosed are copies of documents (a royal licence for the expedition, petitions, reports, etc.) bearing on the case, 1 Apr. 1734-3 Nov. 1736. ff. 152-178.

33. Report of the Council, with the opinion of the chief engineer, Manoel de Azevedo Fortes, on the repair of the, fort of Macapá at the mouth of the Amazon; n. d. With a minute, 6 Sept. 1739. f. 179.

34. Order of the Governor of the Maranhão to the Ouvidor Geral to draw up a summary of evidence against Lazaro Fernandes Borge, accused of having concealed slaves taken in Lourenco Belfort's expedition; Bellem, 14 Sept. 1739. f. 181.

35. (a) Petition to the King by Joseph Monis [al. Munis] de Mello, to be allowed to renew an appeal given against him owing to his absence through illness, while with Belfort's expedition; n.d. With a minute, West Lisbon, 8 Jan. 1734 [sc. 1740]. f. 183;-(b) Petition by the same to the Ouvidor Geral for copies of certificates of his illness by Lourenco Belfort and Bento de Figueiredo Tenreiro; n. d. With a minute, Bellem, 10 Sept. 1739, and the copies asked for. f. 184 b.

36. Extract from a report of the Council on the announcement by the Governor of the Alarailhão of the discovery of mines in the Rio de Manoel Alveres, tributary of the Tocantins; West Lisbon, 25 Jan. 1740. With a minute, 20 May, 1740. f. 187. Followed (f. 189) by a fuller extract.

37. Petition to the King by D. Brizida Maria Michaela, wife of the Capitão Mor, Jozé Miguel Ayres, for permission to prove by common law the ',promessa dotal " of Dr. Jozé Borges Valerio to build her some houses at Bellem; n. d. With minutes, 14, 20 May, 1740, and a list of witnesses. f. 191.

38. Petition to the King by João Pereira de Araujo, Captain of the fort of the Rio Negro, for a year's leave of absence for important affairs at court; n. d. With minutes, 4, 5 May, 1741. f. 193.

39. The King to the Governor of the Maranhão, on his suggestion that, for the benefit of LourenCo Belfort's tannery, the exportation of undressed hides should be prohibited; Lisbon, 20 Apr. 1742. In duplicate. ff. 195, 196.

40. The same to the same and to the Provedor on a report by the Provedor da Fazenda Real of the captaincy of S. Luis, concerning a theft of paving-stones from a ruined fort at S. Luis, in which Lourenco Belfort was inculpated; Lisbon, 21 Apr. 1742. ff. 197, 199.

41. The same to the Governor, on a memorial of Fr. Bernardo do Sacramento, missionary of the Aldea dos Suanes, concerning the lack of Indians in the Aldea, etc. ; Lisbon, 5 June, 1743. f. 201.

42. The same to [Francisco Pedro de Mendonca Gorjão], Governor of the Maranhão, on his appointment of João Rodriguez da Cruz, Ajutante da Artilharia, to succeed Caetano da Mendonca as captain of the fort of the Rio Negro; Lisbon, 13 Mar. 1747. f. 202.

43. Extract from a report of the Council on the Governor's answer to a royal order to liberate the Indians sent down by Antonio dos Santos Aula and to order the return of the " tropa de resgates "; Lisbon, 8 June, 1748. With a minute, 13 July. f. 203. [Annexe, i. 68.] 44. (a) The King to the Governor, to observe the order referred to above, and to establish missions on the frontiers; Lisbon, 23 July, 1748. f. 205;-(b) The Governor to the King, acknowledging the receipt of his orders and making suggestions as to the border missions; Pará, 8 Mar. 1749. With a minute, 14 Alar. 1750. f. 206 b. [Annexe, i. 69.] 45. The King to the Governor, on his despatch of Jozé Miguel Ayres [the Capitão Mor], to visit the fortresses of the Amazon, Tapajós, and Rio Negro, which need repair ; Lisbon, 10 Mar. 1750. f. 209.

46. The same to the same, in reply to his letter (art. 44 b) Lisbon, 18 Mar. 1750. f. 210.

47. The same to the same, to order the captain of the fort of the Rio Negro to seize certain slave-traders in the interior Lisbon, 24 Apr. 1750. f. 212.

48. Fr. Jozé da Magdalena, Visitor of the Carmelite missions on the Rio Negro, to the Governor, on the Dutch slave-trading on the Rio Branco; S. Elizeu de Mariuhû on the Rio Negro, 25 June, 1750. With a covering note from the Governor to Pedro da Motta e Sylva, to lay it before the King; Pará, 11 Sept. 1750. f. 213. [Annexe, i. 73, and, in the original, iv. 2.] 49. Extract from " Apontamento para a Chronica da Missão da Companhia de Jesus no Estado do Maranhão," 1750, on the river Guatumá, [Uatumá] and Branco. f. 215.

50. Extract from a report of the Council on the request of the inhabitants of the captaincy of Matto Grosso for direct communication with Pará; Lisbon, 15 Apr. 1751. f. 216.

51. The King to Francisco Xavier de Mendonca [Furtado], Governor of the Maranhão, on Magdalena's letter (art. 48); Lisbon, 20 Apr. 1751. f. 218. [Annexe, i. 78.]

52. The same to the same, on missionary work and the treatment of the Indians; Lisbon, 11 May, 1751. f. 219. [Annexe, I. 75] 53. The same to the same (extracts), announcing the division of the governments of Pará and the Maranhão according to his recommendation and the appointment of Luis de Vasconcellos Lobo to the latter as his subordinate, and on Indian and missionary affairs; Lisbon, 30 May, 1751. f. 221.

54. Petition to the King by the colonists of the Maranhão (extract) for the continuance of the " tropas de resgates Santa Crus do Cameta, 25 Dec. 1751. With a minute that tinder no circumstances can such expeditions be permitted n. d. f. 225. [Annexe, i. 78.] 55. Extracts from a report of the Council on tho proposed new military arrangements for Pará, a fort on the Rio Branco, etc. ; Lisbon, 7 Aug. 1752. With a royal minute in confirmation, etc., Bellem [in Portugal], 23 Oct. 1752. f. 227. [Annexe, i.

56. Extracts, in part the same, from the same report. f. 232. [Extract in Annexe au Contre-Mém. i. 5.] 57. The King to the Governor of Grão Pará, to have a fort built on the Rio Branco; Lisbon, 14 Nov. 1752. f. 238. [Annexe, i. si.] 58. Report of the Council on the Dutch incursions along the Rio Branco; Lisboil, 16 Apr. 1753. f. 240. [Annexe, i. 82.] 59. Sebastião Joseph de Carvalho e Mello [Marquess of Pombal 1770] to Jo.-to Xavier Telles, Conde de Unhão [Portuguese ambassador at Madrid], on the proposed delimitation of the Spanish-Portuguese frontier in S. America; Lisbon, 9, 14 June, 1753. ff. 244, 248. With enclosures, sc. : (a) Proposals of tho Conde de Perelada, Spanish ambassador at Lisbon, for hemming in the Dutch colonies and helping their revolted slaves; n. d. Span. f. 245 b. [This and Pombal's two letters in Annexe, i.

83, 84.] ;-(b) Perclada to Pombal, with a letter to the Spanish Minister of State, asking if it represents the view mutually arrived at; 1 June, 1753. f. 246;-(c) Pombal to Perelada, on the composition of the Portuguese commission ; 3 June, 1753. f. 246 b;-(d) The same to the same, on the proposals in enclosure (a); n. d. f. 247.

60. Extract from a letter of Pombal to the Governor of Grão Pará, on the creation of the new government of S. Jozé do Rio Negro; Lisbon, 17 Mar. 1755. f. 250.

61. Extract from a letter of Fr. M[iguel de Bulhões], Bishop of Pará, to the Governor of Grão Pará, on the new government of the Rio Negro; Pará, 13 May, 1755. f. 251. [Annxe, i.

89.] 62. The Governor of Grão Pará to Pombal, on the establishment of the new company, the plan of abolishing the absolute government of the Regulars, and the new captaincy; Camp of Mariná [afterwards Barcellos], 6 July, 1755. f. 254. [Annexe, i. 90.] 63. The same to Diogo de Mendonca Corte Real, Secretary of State, on the proposed fort on the Rio Branco; Camp of 8 July, 1755. f. 258. [Annexe, i. 91.] 64. The same to Pombal, on the protests of the Jesuits against the abolition of Indian slavery; Camp of Mariná, 8 July, 1755. Enclosing (f. 261) a report (extract only given) on the oppressive treatment of the Indians by the Portuguese, Camp of the Rio Negro, 20 Apr. 1755. f. 260.

65. (a) Extract, on the Rio Negro, from instructions by the same for the delimitation n. d. (but probably later than the preceding). f. 264;-(b) Noticia do Rio Branco, que me deo Francisco Ferreira ... em Mariná em 29 de Marco de 1755." f. 265 b. [Both in Annexe, i. 92.] 66. Antonio Jacob Vicozo to Antonio Jozé Correa, on his mining expedition, with information as to Dutch trade with Pernambuco; 27 Mar. 1757. f. 268. [Annexe au Contre-Mém. i. 6.] 67. The Governor of Grão Pará to Thomé Joaquim da Costa Corte Real, Secretary of State, testifying to the good service of João Andre Schuevel, Captain-Engineer; Pará, 24 Oct. 1757. f. 271.

68. The same to the King, on the petition of Pedro Jozé Miguel Ayres, son of the late Capitão Mor, to be excused the seniority necessary for his promotion ; Pará, 24 Oct. 1757. f. 272.

69. Extracts from the " Maranháo conquistado a Jesus Christo e á corôa de Portugal pelos religiosos da companhia de Jesus by Bento da Fonsêca [after 1757], on the Portuguese-Spanish frontier, the new captaincy, etc. f. 274.

70. " Sobre dar Conta a S. Mag' da Creacão q' fiz das Novas Villas de Barcellos-Moura, e S. Thomar ... 21 de Mzr' 1758 e em 13 de Junho de 1759 " : a heading from a register of papers pertaining to Grão Pars and the Maranhãao. f. 282.

71. The Governor of Grão Pari to the Secretary of State, on the rising of Indians on the Rio Negro; Barcellos, 4 July, 1758. f. 283. [Annexe, i. 96.] 72. The same to the same (extract), on the proposal to establish horse and cattle-breeding on the Rio Negro; Pará, 27 Feb. 1759. f. 287. [Annexe, i. 97.] 73. Lourenco Pereira da Costa [Ouvidor of the Rio Negro] to [Manoel Bernardo de Mello e Castro, Governor of Grão Pará], reporting disturbances amoung the Indians, etc., and

advocating the erection of a fort on the Rio Branco ; Barcellos, 2 Sept. 1762. f. 288. [Annexe, i. 99.] 74. Extracts from the anonymous " Memoria sobre o Governo do Rio Negro " [circ. 1762]; with notes on it [by Francisco Xavier Ribeiro de Sawpaio]. f. 291.

75. Manoel Bernardo de Mello de [sc. e] Castro, Governor of Grão Pará, to Francisco Xavier de Mendonca Furtado, Secretary of State, on the claim of the Spanish plenipotentiary, D. José de Iturriaga, that the Rio Negro is Spanish territory; Pará, 7 Oct. 1763. Enclosing (a) Iturriaga's letter, Orinoco, 20 May, 1763, and (b) his own reply, Pará, 26 Aug-. 1763. f. 296.

76. Fernando da Costa de Attaide Teive, Governor of Grão Pará, to the Secretary of State, on the same matter; Pará, 31 July, 1764. f. 303. [Annexe, i. 103.] 77. The Secretary of State to the Governor of Grão Pará, on the same matter, ordering him to have the Rio Branco patrolled by canoes; Palace of N. Senhora da Ajuda, 27 June, 1765. f. 305. [Annexe, i. 108.] 78. The same to the same, on the colonists sent out for the new settlements; Palace of N. S. da Ajuda, 18 July, 1766. f. 307.

79. " Synopse de alguas noticias Geographicas para o contecimento dos Rios por cuja navegacão se podem comunicar os dominios da Corôa Portugueza eni Rio Negro com os de Espanha e Provincias unidas na America"; [circ. 1768?]. f. 309.

River Branco, Brazil: Papers relating to: 18th-19th centt.: Portug. and Span.

includes:

• ff. 1, 2 Dr Fr Jozeph Pereira de Sta. Anna, Carmelite: Report on the missions of Grao Pará: 1730.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 1-60 passim, 80 b Alexandre de Souza Freire: Papers relating to his governorship of the Maranhao: 1728-1732.: Portug.: Copies.
• ff. 3-7, 9-22 b, 59, 87-90 b, 104 Captain Belchior Mendes de Moraes: Papers on his expedition to the Rio Negro, and his illegal slave-trading: 1725-1736.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 8 João da Maya da Gama: Memorandum on the Maranhao and Grao Para: 1730.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 9, 17 Jozeph Lopes, Vice-Provincial of the Jesuits of the Maranhão: Letters relating to illegal slave-trading: 1729, 1730.: Portug.: Copies.
• ff. 9-16 Father Jozeph de Souza, rector of the College of S Alexander of Pará: Letter to, from Father J. Lopes, and certificate by, of illegal slave-trading: 1730.: Portug.: Copies.
• ff. 17 b-21 b Alexandre Camello de Azevedo: Protests against illegal slave-trading in the Maranhao, Brazil: 1730.: Portug.: Copies.
• ff. 24-53 b Castro: Opinion of, on Indian affairs in Brazil: [1731]: Portug: Copy.
• f. 55 River Tocantins, Brazil: Discovery of gold-mines on: 1732.: Portug.
• f. 56 Fr Jozeph de Payva Real, Carmelite missionary on the Japurá: Complaint of illegal slave-trading: 1732.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 59 Luiz Barboza de lima, Ouvidor Geral of Grao Pará: Letter to, from the king of Portugal: 1732.
• f. 59 Alexandre de Souza Freire: Order for examination of: 1732.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 61 sq Jozé da Serra: Papers relating to his governorship of the Maranhao: 1732, etc.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 66 Diogo Pinto da Gaya, Captain of Infantry at Pará: Petition for an " habito de Christo " for his sons: [1732].: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 68 Bernardo Pereira de Berredo: Certificate in favour of D. Pinto da Gaya: 1732 (?).: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 70 Captain Manoel de Moraes Bitancur: Petition of, for post of captain of fort at Bellem in Grao Para: [1732].: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 71 b Mathias de Costa Souza: Certificate in favour of M. de Moraes Bitancur: 1732.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 79 João da Maya da Gama: Papers relating to his governorship of the Maranhao: 1722-1728.: Portug.: Copies.
• ff. 83-86 b, 102, 161-178 passim Captain Miguel de Sequeira Chaves: Papers relating to his command on the Rio Negro: 1733-1736.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 89 Francisco Duarte do Santos: Letter to, from the king of Portugal: 1734.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 90 Cabacabari, Headman of Sta. Roza de Viterbo, in Brazil: Royal order concerning ill-treatment of: 1734.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 90, 108 Captain Calisto da Cunha Valadares: Order for his punishment, and letter on his death: 1734, 1737.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 92 b River Madeira, Brazil: Plan to establish missions on: 1734.: Portug.
• f. 94 Fr Antonio de Saa, Vice-Provincial of Carmelites of the Maranhão: Complaint against the Governor: 1734.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 95 b Fr Mathias de Santa Boaventura, Carmelite missionary on the Rio Negro: Complaint against the Senate of the Chamber of Belem: 1734.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 110 Pauxis, Grão Pará: Royal letter relating to the fort of: 1737.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 110, 111 Gurupá, Grão Pará: Papers relating to the Fort of: 1668-1737.: Portug.
• ff. 110, 209 Fort of Tapajos, Grao Pará: Royal letters on: 1737, 1750.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 113 Antonio Carlos Pinto, Superintendent General of the Mines of Brazil: Opinion concerning newly-settled lands in Para: 1737.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 115 Paulo da Sylva Nunes, Procurador dos Povos du Maranhão e Grão Pará: Petition to the king of Portugal: [1738].: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 120-149 Joao de Abreu de Castelbranco: Papers relating to his governorship of the Maranhao: 1738.: Portug.: Copies.
• ff. 120-149, 181-185 b, 195-200 Lourenco Belfort: Letters, etc., of the governor of Maranhao relating to: 1737-1742.
• f. 150 Paulo da Sylva Nunes, Procurador dos Povos du Maranhão e Grão Pará: Extract from memorial by (?), against the Jesuits: 1738.: Portug.
• f. 152 Fr Ignacio de Santa Anna Siabra, Procurator General of the Mission in Paráa: Petition to the king of Portugal: [1739 ?].: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 152-178 Padre Manoel Couto: Papers relating to expedition of: 1734-1739.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 179 Manoel de Azevedo Fortes, Engenheiro Mor: Opinion on repair of fort Macapà: 1739.: Copy.
• f. 179 Macapá, on the Amazon: Report of the Council on repair of the fort of: 1739.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 183 Jozeph Monis de Mello: Petition to the king of Portugal: [1739].: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 187-190 Rio de Manoel Alveres, tributary of the Tocantins: Report of the Council of State on discovery of mines on: 1740.: Portug.
• f. 191 Dr Jozé Borges Valerio: Petition concerning: [1740].: Portug.
• f. 191 Brizida Maria Michaela Ayres, wife of J M Ayres: Petition to the king Portugal: 1740.
• f. 193 Joao Pereira de Araujo, Captain of the fort of the Rio Negro: Petition for leave of absence: [1741].: Copy.
• ff. 197-200 in the Maranhao, Captaincy of São Luis: Royal letters on thefts from fort at: 1742.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 202 Caetano da Mendonça: Appointment of his successor as captain of Rio Negro Fort: 1747.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 202 Joao Rodriguez da Cruz: Royal letter on appointment of, as captain of the fort of Rio Negro: 1747.: Portug.
• ff. 202-214 Francisco Pedro de Mendonça Gorjao: Papers relating to his govemorship of the Maranhao: 1747-1750.: Portug.: Copies.
• ff. 203-208 b, 210 Antonio dos Santos Aulo: Papers relating to the " tropa de resgates " of: 1748-1750.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 209 Jozé Miguel Ayres, Capitão Mor of Grão Pará: Despatch of, to visit ports on the Amazon, etc.: 1750.
• f. 213 b Fr Jozé da Magdalena, Visitor of the carmelite missions on the Rio Negro: Report of Dutch slave-trading on the Rio Branco: 1750.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 215 River Uatuma, tributary of the Amazon: Account of: 1750.: Portug.
• f. 216 Matto Grosso, Brazil: Report on petition of inhabitants of: 1751.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 218-287 b passim Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado: Papers relating to his governorship of the Maranhao: 1751-1759.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 221 Luis de Vasconcellos Lobo: Announcement of appointment of, as governor of the Maranhao: 1751.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 244, 248 Joao Xavier Telles, Conde de Unhao; Portuguese Ambassador at Madrid: Letters to, from S. J. de Carvalho e Mello: 1753.: Portug.: Copies.
• ff. 244-263 passim Sebastiao José de Carvalho e Mello, Conde de Oeiras; 1st Marquês de Pombal: Papers relating to Portuguese possessions in S. America: 1753-1755: Portug. and Span.: Copies.
• ff. 245 b-247 b Rocaberti y Perelada, Conde de Perelada; Spanish ambassador at Lisbon: Negotiations concerning Spanish-Portuguese delimitation in S. America: 1753.
• f. 251 Fr Miguel de Bulhoes, Bishop of Pará: Letter to the Governor: 1755.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 268 Antonio Jacob Viçozo: Letter to A. J. Correa: 1757.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 271 Joao Andre Schuevel, Captain-Engineer: Testimonial to, from the Governor of Grao Pará: 1757.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 272 Pedro Jozé Miguel Ayres, son of J M Ayres: Letter of the governor of Grao Para on petition of: 1757.
• f. 274 Bento da Fonseca, Jesuit: Extracts from his " Maranhao conquistado ": Portug.
• ff. 288, 296-302 b Manoel Bernardo de Mello e Castro: Papers relating to his governorship of Grao Para: 1762-1763.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 293 Francisco Xavier Ribeiro de Sampaio, Ouvidor of the Rio Negro: Notes on the " Memoria sobre o Governo do Rio Negro ": 18th cent.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 296-307 b Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado: Correspondence, while Secretary of State, with the governors of Grao Pará: 1763-1766.: Portug.: Copies.
• f. 297 b José de Iturriaga: Letter to the governor of Grao Pará: 1763.: Span.: Copy.
• ff. 303-307b Fernando da Costa de Attaide Teive: Papers relating to his governorship of Grao Pará, Brazil: 1764-1766.: Portug.: Copies.