Includes folder (item /1) summarising contents in English (by the depositor). Contains:

• /2: Instructions to William Parker commanding the corvette Doña Francisca signed by Pedro Ferreira de Oliveira (19 Oct 1848). Portuguese.
• /3: Note directing Parker to take command of the Doña Francisca, at present in the Rio del Prata naval station (17 Nov 1848). Portuguese.
• /4: Instructions to Parker commanding the Doña Francisca at Montevideo. Signed by Pedro Ferreira de Oliveira (3 Dec 1849). Portuguese.
• /5: Instructions to Parker from Pedro Ferreira de Oliveira (26 Oct 1850). Portuguese.
• /6: Instructions to Parker. Signed by Pedro Ferreira de Oliveira (26 Oct 1850). Portuguese.
• /7: Note entitled 'Curveta D. Francisca' giving 'Dimensois im per Ingleses' and 'Calado d'agõa.' (24 Dec 1850). Portuguese.
• /8: Orders from the Minister and Secretary of State Inspector Geras da Marinha to the Commander of the Doña Francisca (12 Jun 1851). Portuguese.
• /9: Note to Parker, signed by John Pascoe Grenfell (4 Jan 1852). Portuguese.
• /10: Printed certificate recording the award of the Order of the Rose to Parker, who became a Dignitary of the Order 'no combate do Tonolero pelo Chefe de Divisão, Guilherme Parker, Commandante da corvete Doña Francisca. Signed by the Emperor (12 Jun 1852). Portuguese.
• /11: Note directing Parker to collect Grenfell on the Affonso and take him to the Emperor in Rio (12 Jun 1852). Portuguese.
• /12: Instructions to Parker from the Imperial Palace, Rio, about the appointment of Jesuino Lamego Costa as a Captain of Sea and War (9 Aug 1852). Portuguese.
• /13: Note to Parker, Divisional Chief, from the Brazilian Legation in Buenos Aires. Signed by Rodrigo de Sousa da Silva Pontes (31 Aug 1852). Portuguese.
• /14: Note to Parker from the Brazilian Legation in Montevideo, signed by Josè Maria da Silva Saranhos (23 Sep 1852). Portuguese.
• /15: Note to Parker, signed by Rodrigo de Sousa da Silva Pontes (2 Oct 1852). Portuguese.
• /16: Document promoting Parker from Captain of Sea and War to be a Divisional Chief as a result of his actions at the Battle of Tonelero, signed by the Emperor (Nov 1852). Portuguese.