Handwritten decree. This item is a decree by the archbishop regarding the marriage of Antonio Davila and Caeitana Davila.

Photocopies of handwritten and printed receipts, wills, correspondence, royal decrees, proclamations, pronouncements, grants, certificates, reports, licenses, orders, inventories, petitions, claims, and requests. The items were created mainly by New Mexican government officials and persons connected with local and territorial governments of that area.

Holograph edict presented by the Federal Diet of the German Empire. The item is concerned with the Turkish threat and political matters in Germany.

Handwritten portfolio of approximately 100 documents generated in the 17th and 18th centuries either in Spain or the Spanish colonies in the Indies and the Philippines. The documents are a miscellaneous collection of various legal, governmental, and religious items.

Handwritten decree directed to V.E. with respect to his standing as a Mexican national.

Printed and signed decree in Spanish. The document establishes the opening of the port of San Blas (Mexico) for commerce with Peru, Santa Fe (Columbia), Guatemala, and New Spain.

Holograph copies of official declarations and decrees relating to Maria Theresa's accession to the throne of Austria in 1740 and her taking over full control of the governmment. These items are shortened copies of the originals. Because she was a woman, Maria Theresa was faced with a number of domestic and foreign threats to her attaining the throne of her father, Charles VI.