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La sombra de Don Julián : setima aparición / varios amigos del finado Sr. Gobernador Reyes.
With engraving of mourners at tomb. Description on label of collection folder: Manifiesto en contra de los asesinos del Gobernador de San Luis Potosí. Ocurrida el 8 de enero de 1861 i.e., 1853. Broadside memorializing the anniversary of the…
La sombra de D. Julián : octava aparición / varios amigos de finado Sr. Reyes.
Broadside memorializing the anniversary of the assassination of Governor Julián de los Reyes. With engraving of mourners at tomb.
Plan general de la poblacion de España, executado de orden del Rey, para calcular la fuerza interior del estado, y es á saber: = año de1807.
Chart includes breakdown of 1807 population of Spain by professional, institutional and academic affiliation, occupation and marital status. Segun el Estado del año 1787 la poblacion de España era de 10.258 150 individuos; el presente manifesta…
Al público: Se ha presentado al Juez 3o. de lo civil el siguiente escrito / Joaquín de Haro.
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…
Edicto dirigido al Vicario en la capital para prohibición de la lectura de la Vulgata
Four hand-written pages describing, in part, the copious number of Bibles introduced into the country by what the author terms as the Bible Societies of London. The author complains that the Bibles are sold as one single book (both Old and New…
Documento de limpieza de sangre a pedimento de Ortega de Medinilla y Rodrigo de Medinilla, Spain, año de 1469; continuado a pedido de Juan de Samano, Mexico, 1596-97; y concluido en 1767.
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…
Reglas de la Inquisicion
Incomplete record of what appear to be some of Laws of the Spanish Inquisition. Written ca. 1785, this document contains no signature or specific date. The fifth page of this incomplete record mentions the natural children, indicating perhaps a…
Avenencia.
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…
Letter from Melchor de Peramás to the Padre General of the order of San Hipólito
Letter signed by Melchor de Peramás, a civil officer, and directed to the Reverend Father General of the Order of Saint Hippolytus. The writer requests that the members of that same order not attend the proffered surgical classes and not trouble…
Convento de Santo Domingo de Mexico documents.
Legal documents from the Convent of Santo Domingo in Mexico dated from 10 September 1572 to the mid 1620's. These documents touch on various matters associated with the administration of the Convent's property, its boundaries, and even a contract for…
Gabriel Valencia a sus conciudadanos.
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,…
Plan regenerador del supremo gobierno : circular de ministerio de relaciones.
Comunicado imprimido, de dos páginas, en defensa de Antonio Lopez de Santa-Anna. Titulado, Plan Regenerador Del Supremo Gobierno. Circular del Ministerio de Relaciones. El documento concluye con estos sentimientos anónimos: Dios y libertad!…