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Mexico -- History -- To 1810

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Miguel la Grua Talamanca decree

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311158]
Identifier: MSS SC 1352
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1796

Tulancingo petition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311174]
Identifier: MSS SC 1350
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed petition for "Indios ladinos" (Indian mestizos) to recover certain sums owed him by Joaquin Lopez de Castillo. The sums owed are for "pulque," a fermented juice of the maguey fruit.

Dates: 1705

Balthazar de Zuniga order

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311141]
Identifier: MSS SC 1353
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed order in Spanish. The item is an order to the treasury officials of Zacatecas to deduct from the presidios of El Paso, Cuencame, Sonora, and Casas Grandes the salaries of ten men each, as a contribution to the defense of the frontier. The order was signed at Mexico on January 4, 1717.

Dates: 1617