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Libros de Actas de Cabildo and Ordenanzas, 1536-1746, 1583-1805.
BANC MSS M-A 12LOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Libros de Actas de Cabildo and Ordenanzas, 1536-1746, 1583-1805

Creator/Contributor:

Puebla de Los Angeles, Archivo Municipal., creator

Abstract:

Selected documents from the SecretarĂ­a Municipal, 1536-1807 (2 cartons and 1 box). These documents relate primarily to the culture of manufacture of silk, wool, and cochineal; cedulas for wool mills; ordinances for and inspection of wool mills; silk guilds; a tariff schedule for Tepeaca, 1539; references to Negroes, 1536. Collected by Woodrow W. Borah. From the Archivo del Ayuntamiento. Silk culture, wool mills and work shops, and related materials, Puebla, ca 1537-1807 (200 folders). Selections from the Actas de Cabildo, Visitas de Obrajes, Cartas de Examen, Reales CĂ©dulas, all related to the silk or wool industries, problems of the wool or silk factories or workshops, guilds, working conditions, treatment of Indians and Negroes, and highway thefts. One folder on Licencias de Impresores.

Date:

1583 (issued)

Subject:

Actas de Cabildo
Archives -- Mexico
Mexico -- History

Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE : Advance notice required for use.
Photocopy.
Location of originals at time of reproduction at Archivo Municipal of Puebla de Los Angeles, Mexico.
In Spanish.
Finding aid available.

Physical Description:

200 folders in 6 boxes.

Language:

Spanish

Identifier:

BANC MSS M-A 12LOCAL

Origin:

Mexico

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE : Advance notice required for use.