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Found in 4 Collections and/or records:

 Collection

Hans Peter Kraus Collection of Spanish American Documents

Identifier: MSS31013
Abstract

Bookman, collector, and bibliophile. Letters, decrees, order books, reports, instructions, dispatches, printed material, and miscellaneous legal documents concerning the history of colonial Spanish America, including the activities of the Mexican Inquisition.

Dates 1433-1966; Majority of material found within 1500-1800
 Collection

Henry Albert Monday Collection Relating to Mexico

Identifier: MSS60616
Abstract

Physician and collector. Correspondence, legal and financial papers, tax records, contracts, land records, cédulas, reports, official documents, broadsides, circulars, and other papers relating chiefly to various aspects of Mexican political, legal, and ecclesiastical history collected by Monday.

Dates 1522-1935
 Collection

San José de Queréndaro Hacienda Records

Identifier: MSS84054
Abstract

Bound volumes of files kept by the Jesuits, original owners of the hacienda. Subjects include the acquisition and sale of land, ownership disputes, water rights, rental of property, agricultural production, livestock and livestock brands, and relations with the Indigenous people of Mexico. Also includes correspondence and fiscal accounts with the local railroad company.

Dates 1543-1922; Majority of material found within 1580-1883
 Collection

Santa Clara de Tulillo Hacienda Records

Identifier: MSS84050
Abstract Bound volumes of correspondence, royal decrees, deeds of gift, estate inventories, fiscal accounts, bills of sale, land grants, legal suits and countersuits, mortgage loans, rental agreements, wills and testaments, and other records kept by the Jesuit owners of the hacienda. Subjects include the acquisition and sale of land, ownership disputes, property boundaries, water rights, rental of property, agricultural production, livestock and livestock brands, the role of women in the operation of...
Dates 1580-circa 1800; Majority of material found within 1580-1750