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Libro N. 1 Donde constan las Mercedes, posesiones, y titulos de Amolad[era]s y [Albercas] ... : Mexico : ms., 1610-1657.
BANC MSS M-M 1709LOCAL
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Title:

Libro N. 1 Donde constan las Mercedes, posesiones, y titulos de Amolad[era]s y [Albercas]: Mexico : ms., 1610-1657

Creator/Contributor:

Galván family.

Creator/Contributor:

Velasco, Luis, the Younger

Creator/Contributor:

Guadalcázar, Marqués de

Creator/Contributor:

Salvatierra, Conde de

Abstract:

Certified copies of documents relating to land ownership in or near Qerétaro. Contains a collection of land grants, deeds of purchase and sale, decrees, petitions, declarations, appointments, certifications, and other documents relating to distribution and ownership of lands in the vicinity of the Amoladeras and Albercas valleys. Deals primarily with possessions of the Galván family and those of the Jesuit college in Tepozotlán. Quotes royal decrees of 1591 as background documents, and contains viceregal grants of Luis Velasco the Younger, the Marqués de Guadalcázar, and the Conde de Salvatierra; with list of early grants prefixed.

Date:

1610 (issued)

Subject:

Jesuits -- Mexico
Land tenure -- Mexico

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
In Spanish.

Physical Description:

[302] p. ; 30 cm.
partial microfilm reel (153 exposures) : negative (Rich. 416:5) and positive.

Language:

Spanish

Identifier:

BANC MSS M-M 1709LOCAL

Origin:

Mexico