Pablo Macedo Collection of Mexican Notarial, Mining and Colonial Documents
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2005
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Pablo Macedo Collection of Mexican Notarial, Mining and Colonial Documents
Creator:
Macedo, Pablo
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0035
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 archives box)
Date (inclusive): 1600 - 1908
Abstract: The collection contains 17th century Mexican colonial documents relating to land tenure in the Itzmiquilpa region of Mexico;
inspection reports from Mexican mines dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries; two papal documents, dated ca. 1805
and 1811; a handwritten supplement to a manual of Mexican agriculture, dated 1869; and an autograph letter signed by Pablo
Macedo in 1908. The materials are written in Spanish. They relate largely to Mexican legal matters and mining interests, although
other subjects are represented.
Languages:
Spanish; Castilian
.
Related Materials
9 documents from this collection have item-level catalog records and can be found by searching the call number "MSS 35" in
the online Library catalog.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains 17th century Mexican colonial documents relating to land tenure in the Itzmiquilpa region of Mexico;
inspection reports from Mexican mines dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries; two papal documents, dated ca. 1805
and 1811; a handwritten supplement to a manual of Mexican agriculture, dated 1869; and an autograph letter signed by Pablo
Macedo in 1908. The materials are written in Spanish. They relate largely to Mexican legal matters and mining interests, although
other subjects are represented.
Arranged in four series: 1) LETTER FROM PABLO MACEDO, 2) MINING DOCUMENTS, 3) NOTARIAL DOCUMENTS, and 4) MISCELLANY.
Historical Background
Pablo Macedo y González Saravia was born in Mexico City on February 1, 1851. His father may have been Mariano Macedo (d. 1869),
a minister in the government of General Mariano Arista. A disciple of Gabino Barreda (1818-1881), Pablo Macedo became a lawyer
and served as a professor of political economy at the Escuela de Leyes (School of Law). He was the author of
La evolución mercantil; Comunicaciones y obras públicas; La Hacienda pública: tres monografías que dan idea de una parte de
la evolución económica de México
(Mexico: J. Bollesca, 1905). He died in Spain on December 25, 1918.
Preferred Citation
Pablo Macedo Collection of Mexican notarial, mining and colonial documents, MSS 35. Special Collections & Archives, UC San
Diego.
Acquisition Information
Based on a letter in the collection from Pablo Macedo, it may be assumed that the materials originally belonged to the Macedo
family, though the date and circumstances of their transfer to UC San Diego is unknown. The materials were originally enclosed
in a rustic leather portfolio and found in the vault of the Mandeville Special Collections Library in 1986. It is possible
the papers were included in one of the many book collections acquired by the Library prior to 1986.
Digital Content
This collection has been digitized.
Processing Information
This collection was digitized in 2016 for inclusion in the Adam Matthew subscription database Frontier Life: borderlands,
settlement & colonial encounters.
Publication Rights
Digital copies of this material are intended to support research, teaching, and private study. This work may be used without
prior permission. The original manuscripts for this collection are held by Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico
Land tenure -- Mexico
Haciendas -- Mexico
Macedo, Mariano -- Archives
Macedo, Pablo -- Archives
LETTER FROM PABLO MACEDO
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) LETTER FROM PABLO MACEDO: The first item in the collection is a letter from Pablo Macedo, dated January 29, 1908,
which discusses some of the materials in the collection. According to Macedo, some of the papers concern the Hacienda of Nuestra
Senora del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary), otherwise known as "Los Reyes" (The Kings), the estate of Macedo's father. According
to this letter, the estate was taken from the elder Macedo by Governor Joaquin Martinez in 1867 "by evil means." It is likely
that the Macedo family collected these documents in an effort to prove Mariano Macedo's title to the property.
Box 1, Folder 1
Letter from Pablo Macedo
1908 January 29
Letter from Pablo Macedo
General note
Includes translation.
MINING DOCUMENTS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) MINING DOCUMENTS: Inspection reports dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries regarding mining in several
regions of Mexico. This type of document normally includes accounts of expenses and records earnings from the sale of minerals.
Folder 5 contains a title document to the Peregrina mine, dated 1788.
Box 1, Folder 2
Inspection Reports, Silver Mines of Capula
1795-1802
Inspection reports, silver mines of Capula
General note
Silver Mines of Capula
Box 1, Folder 3
Inspection Reports, San Antonio del Dotor
1789
Inspection reports, San Antonio del Dotor
General note
San Antonio del Dotor
Box 1, Folder 4
Inspection Reports, Real de Capula
1802-1803
Inspection reports, Real de Capula
General note
Real de Capula
Box 1, Folder 5
Property title to the Peregrina mine near San Antonio del Dotor
1788
Property title to the Peregrina mine near San Antonio del Dotor
General
1 item ([6] leaves) ; 30 cm.
NOTARIAL DOCUMENTS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 3) NOTARIAL DOCUMENTS: Notarial documents that date from the 17th century and are bound into a leather portfolio. They
are the product of escribanos, or Spanish public notaries, who produced a large quantity of such documents in the Spanish
colonies. The documents in the collection relate to property titles of lands in the region of Itzmiquilpa, in the countryside
near Mexico City, and can be divided into three categories. The first category, called escribanias de merced, or mercedes,
are related to feudal customs in the occupation of land in the Spanish Empire. The merced was a feudal title bestowed on a
colonial aristocrat by the viceroy. The beneficiary of a merced acquired economical and judicial rights over a specific territory.
The second category of notarial documents are cartas de venta, and refer to the sale of the feudal rights acquired with the
property of a merced. According to Pablo Macedo's 1908 letter, this collection includes notarial documents signed by three
of Mexico's viceroys: the marqués de Salinas, Don Luis de Velasco, dated 1609; the marqués de Guadalcázar, Don Diego Fernandez
de Córdova, dated 1614; and the conde de Monterrey, Don Gaspar de Zúñega y Acevedo, dated 1601.
Box 1, Folder 6
Notarial Documents - Property titles within the region of Itzmiquilpa, near Mexico City, Mexico
1600-1699
Notarial documents - Property titles within the region of Itzmiquilpa, near Mexico City, Mexico
MISCELLANY
Scope and Content of Series
Series 4) MISCELLANY: Includes an account book from the town of Purisima Concepción de Landa, dated 1798; two papal bulls
to the Spanish-American kingdoms, dated 1711 and 1806; and a handwritten appendix to a practical agricultural manual, written
around 1869, which provides many details on 19th century Mexican agronomy. Also included are legal documents relating to
the state of Querétaro (1861).
Mexican colonial affidavits
1773-1779
Box 1, Folder 7
Affidavit of Juan Landero de Paso in the case of Juan Antonio Velasquez vs. Juana Lorenza de Arellano. Cadereyta Jiménez,
Mexico
1778-1779
Mexican colonial affidavits
Box 1, Folder 7
Affidavits in the case of Juan Antonio Velasquez vs. Juana Lorenza de Arellano. Cadereyta Jiménez, Mexico
1773
Box 1, Folder 8
Municipal Account Book for the Town of Purisima Concepcion de Landa
1789
Municipal account book for the town of Purisima Concepcion de Landa
General
1 item ([6] leaves) ; 30 cm.
Papal bulls addressed to the Spanish kingdoms in the Americas
ca. 1806-1811
Box 1, Folder 9
Martínez de Bustos, Patricio. Bula de vivos para los reynos de indias, MDCCCVI y MDCCCVII. Mexico
1806
Papal bulls addressed to the Spanish kingdoms in the Americas
Box 1, Folder 9
Lanez Bahamondes, Francisco. Sumario de quarta clase: bienio de MDCCCXI y MDCCCXII. Seville, Spain
1811
Box 1, Folder 10
Manual practico de agricultura, horticultura y jardineria, suplemento
1869
Manual practico de agricultura, horticultura y jardineria, suplemento
General
1 item ([51] leaves) ; 29 cm. Handwritten appendix to a practical agricultural manual, dated 1869, which provides detailed
descriptions of many 19th century Mexican agricultural practices.
Box 1, Folder 11
Testament of Manuela Jiménez of Querétaro, Mexico
1861
Testament of Manuela Jiménez of Querétaro, Mexico
General
1 item ([7] leaves) ; 32 cm.
