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Twelve-page handwritten document detailing the itinerary of the fortieth Viceroy of Veracruz, as well as the route from Veracruz to Mexico City along the Road of the Viceroys. The document details the distance between locales, overnight stops,…

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

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.…

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 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…

Juan Othon's 1858 public statement explaining his resignation from the governorship of San Luis Potosí.

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…

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.

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…