Macedo (Pablo) Collection of Mexican Notarial, Mining and Colonial Documents, 1600 - 1908

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Title:
Pablo Macedo Collection of Mexican Notarial, Mining and Colonial Documents
Dates:
1600 - 1908
Creators:
Macedo, Pablo
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.
Extent:
0.4 Linear feet (1 archives box)
Language:
Spanish; Castilian .
Preferred citation:

Pablo Macedo Collection of Mexican notarial, mining and colonial documents, MSS 35. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

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.
Processing information:

This collection was digitized in 2016 for inclusion in the Adam Matthew subscription database Frontier Life: borderlands, settlement & colonial encounters.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Special Collections Archives, UC San Diego
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-09-16 07:22:39 -0700 .

Access and use

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

Pablo Macedo Collection of Mexican notarial, mining and colonial documents, MSS 35. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Location of this collection:
9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0175
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, US
Contact:
(858) 534-2533
spcoll@ucsd.edu
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