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Financial transaction document from the Maritime Customs Office of the Port of Veracruz, dated January 17, 1829. The administrator of the port, Jose Maria Fernandez acknowledges having received from Pedro Fronemo the sum of $2,918 pesos. The amount…

Petition by 78 year old man for reinstatement of employment. With legal citations. ... é imprime en muy corto número de ejemplares para sus amigos; sin otro fin que el de integrar los hechos ó acontecimientos, y vindicar su honor.

Official announcement of new Mexican President Juan Mújica, Vice President and Secretaries General, 1853.

Printed broadside related to the movement of the Mexican independence from Spain. This printed senatorial oratory exhorts the Mexican nation to join the government in defending the integrity of the country. The document is signed by members of the…

Document certifying the baptism of Maria Guadalupe Anselmo Vicente on the 21st of April, 1820 at the Parish Church of Villa de Orizaba (a city in the state of Veracruz). The baptism is recorded in a folio covered in yellow tanned leather wherein the…

Overview of the meat industry in Mexico City. Includes statistics on number of meat inspectors, slaughterhouses, meat vendors; number and types of animals slaughtered; and their individual and total market value. Printed on both sides of onion-skin…

Broadside of an address to the garrison of Aguascalientes following the French declaration of war on November 27, 1838 and subsequent invasion, known as the Guerra de los pasteles. Text printed twice on…

Broadside printed as an editorial in the 9th issue of the Republicano Correspondiente the 27th of September 1855. Titled, The National Danger, this broadside informs the citizenry of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo between the United States and…

1858 broadside written by Manuel Chico y Alegre announcing his installation as governor of Guanajuato and guaranteeing citizens' rights to freedom of political party affiliation.

Handwritten booklet that includes a hand-drawn map delineating the assessment of geological features, ownership, socio-political conditions and size of each of the sections delineated on this map. The description of the land seems to have been…

Three-page printed circular, dated marzo 29 de 1879, soliciting financial support for an asylum for the poor, including families and youth. Credited at end to Francisco Diaz de León, Calle de Lerdo número 3. (despacho.)Description on label of…

Handwritten document whereby Don Jose Maximiliano Fernandez and Don Jose Leandro Riveron sign themselves as witnesses that Don Lucan Francisco Febeun y Banfi is a resident of the City of Mexico and with the same document, they affirm that they have…

The first page of this document is a from the General Commissary in Mexico certifying that Maria del Pilar Zapata is entitled to the pension consisting of fifteen Pesos, four Reales, and five Granos, that she is due as the daughter of Captain D.…

Printed broadside related to the second French intervention in Mexico; titled, Very Important News about the Campaign: Exchanged Communications between the Chief Generals of the Mexican and French Armies. These communications detail what this report…

Broadside by Ignacio Comonfort publishing letter dated April 16 1863 by General Jesús González Ortega. Gonzales Ortega's letter reports on the situation in Puebla fighting the French Army, and gives details on losses, battlements and maneuvers.…

Printed broadside by the parish Priest José María del Refugio Guerra y Alva (ordained Bishop of Zacatecas on 29 December 1872) decrying the influx of prohibited books, brought into a the country from the United States. Chief among these banned…

Broadside publicly posting a statement provided to a judge by Joaquin de Haro on April 12, 1880 with the support of a lawyer, Mariano Rivadeneyra y Lemos, protesting the failure of the executors of the estate of his deceased uncle, Luis de Haro y…

Broadside quoting Benito Juárez' reply to Archduke Maximilian's April 1864 letter. Letter is relayed verbatim, with emphasis in bold print. Se trata de poner en peligro nuestra nacionalidad, y yo que por mis principios y juramentos soy el llamado a…

1852 broadside by J. M. Mariano written in his defense following a financial scandal.