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Juan de Oñate letter to Juan de Rucauado
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Juan Ruiz Apodaca letterbooks
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This collection consists of some 145 reports written by Juan José Ruiz de Apodaca, count of Venadito, one of the last viceroys of New Spain. Ruiz de Apodaca prepared them for the Spanish Minster of War. The reports (called cartas, ie, letters in English) are detailed summaries of the Ruiz de Apodaca's work as viceroy and cover his entire time as viceroy (1816-1821). Each report is numbered and begins with a précis of the report; there are also cross references to other reports. The dominant theme of the reports is the Mexican War of Independence. Ruiz discusses troop movements, loyalties of regional authorities, actions throughout Mexico to quell the rebellion. Such accounts are sometime month-to-month and discuss specifically the names of persons involved, eg, Francisco Xavier Mina, the rebel leader; or Joaquín de Arredondo, the Spanish military commander. In addition, Ruiz de Apodaca discusses the impact of the revolutionary war on Mexican society. He also provides such details as list of supplies requisitioned for the government.
mssHM 226
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Juan Claudio de Pineda letter to Carlos Francisco de Croix
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Juan Claudio de Pineda reports to the marqués details of expeditions. In Spanish.
mssHM 4040
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Zertificacion de los Ramos de Real Hacienda, sus productos, pagas, y gastos de las Reales Caxas de este Reyno en un quinquenio, comprehensibo desde 1 de Enero de 1740, hasta fin de Diciembre de 1744, formada en cumplimento de superior decreto del excmo. Virrey de deste Reyno a 28 de julio e 1746, como en ella se previene
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This document records the revenues of the Real Hacienda (Royal Treasury) of New Spain for the years 1740 to 1744. This includes the tithe from the gold and silver trade, and revenues from different bishoprics and cities and towns. Both Lower California and the Philippines are covered. Signed by Juan Crisostomo de Barroeta.
mssHM 84023
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Juan Bandini letter to Juan Bautista Alvarado
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In this letter, Bandini writes to Alvarado of the poor state of the land at San Juan Capistrano. In Spanish.
mssHM 44935
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[Undated]. Coversheet to a legal case involving Doña Maria de Oñate y Cañuelas against Don Gaspar de Oñate concerning his time as a tutor to the children of Don Diego de Cañuelas and Doña Catalina de Oñate Ruia de Neira. Zacatecas (Mexico)
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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.
HM 71147
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Colegio Apostólico de Propaganda Fide de San Fernando letter to José Francisco de Ortega
Manuscripts
This letter appoints José Francisco de Ortega as syndic of the California Missions for the College of San Fernando. With pressed paper seal of the college. In Spanish.
mssHM 8061