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Previously published in Mexico by Espinosa in 1555. In two parts, with separate dated title pages. Title page of part two reads: Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana, compuesto por el muy reuerendo padre fray Alonso de Molina, de la Orden del bienauenturado nuestro padre sant Francisco. Colophon at end of part 2 reads: Aqui hazen fin los dos vocabularios, en lengua castellana y nahual o mexicana que hizo y recopilo el muy reuerendo padre, fray Alonso de Molina: de la orden de señor san Francisco. Imprimieronse en la muy insigne y gran ciudad de Mexico: en casa de Antonio de Spinosa. En el ano de nuestra rede[m]pcion.de.1571. =Nican tzonquica yn ontetl vocabularios ypan castillan tlatolli yuan nauatlatolli, yn oquimotlalili cenca mauiztililoni, totatzin fray Alfonso de Molina, teupixqui sant Francisco. Omicuilo nican ypan vey altepetl ciudad Mexico: ycha[n] Antonio de Spinosa. Ypan xiuitl.1571.anos. Printer's device on verso of leaf [1] at end of part 1, and on recto of leaf V10 at end of part 2. Part 1: [4], 121, [1] leaves; pt. 2: [2], 162 leaves. Foliation errors: in part 1, leaves 44 and 55 misprinted as 45 and 47 respectively. Signatures: part 1: *⁴ a-o⁸ p¹⁰ ; part 2: pi² A-T⁸ V¹⁰. In part 1, leaves A2 and g3 are missigned as a2 and g2 respectively.
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Presents the law that obliged the clergy of Mexico to contribute to the funds being raised to continue the war with the United States, together with detailed schedules about which ecclesiastical jurisdictions must contribute funds and the specific amount of funds they are requred to contribute. Also included lists of dozens of individuals from whom money will be raised. Decree dated 19 de noviembre de 1846 and signed José Mariano de Salas. Includes regulations for implementing the law, dated 23 de noviembre de 1846 and is signed Lic. Francisco M. de Olaguibel and Joaquin Noriega, Srio de gobierno.
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Manuscript made by order of the Count de Rivella Gigedo, Viceroy of Mexico, containing the secret instructions received by the Viceroy from the King and Council of the Indies, as to the government of Mexico.
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Colophon on the recto of leaf Q7: A gloria y honra de Dios nuestro Senor, y de la gloriosa virgen sancta Maria su bendita madre, se acabo de Imprimir este Arte Zapoteca, a ocho dias del mes de Agosto. En Mexico, en casa de Pedro Balli Ano de 1578. Woodcut coat of arms "escudo dominicano" on t.p.; woodcut ill. of "Nuestra Senora del Rosario" on the leaf of plates. Includes Zapotec grammar, instructions on arithmetic, the calendar, and "Cosas notables." Signatures: [cross]⁶ A-P⁸ Q⁸(Q8 blank?). Errata on leaf [1] at end.
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The chronologically-arranged documents demonstrate the range of legal, administrative, ecclesiastical, military, and genealogical records initiated by government representatives, lawyers, litigants, clerics, and laypersons from the late sixteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century. The bulk of the records are legal and contractual, including wills, testimonies, inheritance cases, power of attorney contracts, and financial agreements between individuals and/or institutions. Administrative and ecclesiastical records mostly include appoiintments to secular and religious offices as well as some Inquisition and genealogical documents. Military records document pensions, compensations, and other payments made by the Royal Treasury to former military officers. Prominent persons and places of colonial and national Mexico and Guatemala are represented in the collection, such as Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, first count of Revillagigedo and viceroy of New Spain from 1746-1755; Juan Nazario Peimbert, lawyer who proposed the formation of an Indian army in the event of a French invasion in 1809; and Juan Antonio de Vizarrón, Archbishop of Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain from 1734-1740.
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An important map. MS notes and differently colored lines show various proposals advanced during the discussion of the Gadsen Purchase. The United States could have had a great deal more of Mexico had Congress agreed to appropriate the necessary funds. As it is, the final line was modified as shown in pencil on this map. The treaty line of 1848 and 1853 is shown in red. The first US proposal is shown in green stretching across northern Mexico into the Gulf and around and including Baja California. Second proposal in orange did not include Chihuahua but did include Baja. The third proposal would have included the City of Monterey, but not Baja. The fourth proposal is in red and closest to the actual line settled upon. The fifth proposal in blue would have left a rather wavy border over the area of the fourth in red. Also note that in 1845 the Russians owned the area north of San Francisco. The purchase price of this map was $10.00 as noted near the sticker on the back. Submaps: Détails des environs de Mexico et de La Vera-Cruz; Complément de la Carte, donnant Le Yucatan et une partie des provinces unies de l'Amérique Centrale. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Leagues, miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sticker: Atelier de collage et vernissage de cartes geographique, tableaux &c. Auguste Logerot Quai des Augustins, 55, Paris [signed] José Salazar Harregin.
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