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Mexican legal documents, 1670-1763 (bulk 1670-1700).
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Title:

Mexican legal documents, 1670-1763 (bulk 1670-1700)

Creator/Contributor:

Charles, II, King of Spain, 1661-1700

Creator/Contributor:

Charles, III, King of Spain, 1716-1788

Abstract:

Collection of [31] unrelated manuscript legal documents (some incomplete) on stamped paper leaves for various two-year periods (1642-1643, 1654-1655,1656-1657, 1660-1661, 1668-1669,1673-1674, 1679-1680, 1699-1700, and 1762-1763). Thirty of the documents also bear the royal stamp of King Charles II for the years 1670-1671, 1676-1677, 1683, and 1700-1701 probably indicating the date the papers were actually used and submitted; one document, stamped for the years 1762-1763, also bears a royal stamp [undated] of King Charles III of Spain. Contents include include signed depositions and testimonies, wills, ship manifest inventories, etc.

Date:

1670 (issued)

Subject:

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Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810 -- Sources
Mexico -- History -- To 1810 -- Sources
Spain -- History -- Charles II, 1665-1700 -- Sources
Spain -- History -- Charles III, 1759-1788 -- Sources

Note:

Mexican legal documents, 1670-1763 (bulk 1670-1700), BANC MSS 2011/200, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In Spanish.

Type:

Legal instruments.
Legal documents.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (0.2 linear feet)

Language:

Spanish

Origin:

Mexico