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Bound manuscript dated August 11 1745. Signed Don José S. María de la Zenda y Vargas. Document has 104 numbered sections, contains legal arguments surrounding ecclesiastical affairs and church immunity. Paper has watermark with crown, cross and…

Broadside protesting the actions of Lúcas Alamán, ca. 1837.

1847 broadside announcing posthumous honors for soldiers slain in the war with the United States of America. Broadside also announces the publication of the names of the war dead and plans for payments to soldiers' families.

Printed broadside, ten pages long, written by the General Gabriel Valencia. The document is a description of the military action in Padierna, which occurred the 19th and 20th of August,1847, and in which the Mexican forces, led by General Valencia,…

Broadside discussing the significance of the upcoming parish elections for the future of the country and the happiness of its citizens, with prosperity or ruin in the hands of the voters. Describes four desirable qualities for candidates: moral…

Document is handwritten in unknown language, some Spanish words. Nahuatl? Possibly evangelical in nature.

Three hand-written documents related to the payment of 1,105 pesos to Don Juan Burghichani for the manufacture of uniforms for the Public Security Corps (Cuerpo de Seguridad Pública) also referred to as the Public Security Battalion (Batallón de…

Original document containing eleven pages detailing the instructions and rules which must be observed in the government and administration, as well as the management of the Hacienda San Francisco Cuerámaro (Cuerámaro is one of the municipalities of…

Handwritten document created ca. 1800 and signed by Don Agustín Bechí y Montes on behalf of Don Miguel Moreno who seeks a competent legal authority to adjudicate the matter of the Hacienda Jaralillo, located in the jurisdiction of the state of…

Document consists of two pages which list two plans for trade guilds. The first, titled Plan No. 1 Guilds, appears to be a household census of a silversmith. It lists the primary couple (Spaniards), two brothers (not the same last name) apprentices,…

Watercolor map in two parts of an unknown region of Mexico. The drawing represents both the center of a town with its churches, houses and central plaza, as well as the outskirts of the small town. The map measures 18 X 42 cm. and sections of an…

Broadside issued three months after the government of Miguel Miramón occupied Mexico City, and shortly before Benito Juarez, from his government base in Veracruz, issued a degree confiscating church property. McLane was U.S. ambassador to Mexico.…