Summary | 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 the estate, and relations with the Indians of Mexico.
Later records relate to the acquisition of the hacienda by others. |
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