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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Broadside memorializing the anniversary of the assassination of Governor Julián de los Reyes. With engraving of mourners at tomb.

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…

Map depicting the battle on the hill of Barrabás, near Zirándaro, now in the state of Guerrero. The map shows where Don Vicente Guerrero, Commander in Chief of the Revolutionary troops of the South set up his fortifications from which his troops…

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.

Col. José María Moreno's public statement encouraging troops in the aftermath of a battle early in Mexico's War of Reform. At foot of statement: ¡Viva la religion! ¡Viva la verdadera libertad! ...Campo de operaciones sobre Puebla, Noviembre 27 de…

Printed broadside relating the first proclamation, directed at government officials as well as the general population, by the Emperor Maximillian upon disembarking from his sea journey in Veracruz. Published on May 28,1864, this broadside marks the…

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…