San José de Queréndaro Hacienda records, 1543-1922

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BOX 1 CUADERNO 1-3	Volume 1
BOX 1 CUADERNO 1-3		1676-1700
BOX 1 CUADERNO 1-3			Documents submitted as testimony in a suit by Joachin de Cuevas to collect purchase amount from Don Francisco de Arteta Verganza for the sale of the haciendas of La Trasquila, San Bernardo, Sinzimeo, Chapitiro, and San Antonio
BOX 1 CUADERNO 1-3			Documents relating to an earlier agreement to sell these lands ultimately declared null and void; includes complete inventory of estate
BOX 1 CUADERNO 1-3			Testimony relating to the determination of boundaries with neighboring estates; includes measurements and testimony of witnesses
BOX 1 CUADERNO 4		1700
BOX 1 CUADERNO 4			Account of the inspection of the obraje of the Jesuit Hacienda de Queréndaro, property of the Colegio de Valladolid 5
BOX 1 CUADERNO 5		1591-1701
BOX 1 CUADERNO 5			Copy of royal decrees ordering that all lands held without legal title must seek a composición de tierras
BOX 1 CUADERNO 5			Copy of document granting of composiciones to all Jesuit estates in New Spain; includes descriptions of the properties of the Colegios of San Pedro y San Pablo, Santa Anna, Spiritu Santo de la Puebla, San Ylefonso de la Puebla, Tepotzlan, Oaxaca, and Valladolid (including Hacienda de Queréndaro) 6
BOX 1 CUADERNO 6		1701-1702
BOX 1 CUADERNO 6			Proceedings in suits by the Jesuit Colegio de Valladolid disputing ownership of Francisco de Arteta 7
BOX 1 CUADERNO 7		1640-1703
BOX 1 CUADERNO 7			Land title, sale transactions, and posesiones de tierras presented by Bartolomé González de Rebolledo as supporting evidence in his claim of legal title to two caballerías de tierra in "el mal pais”
BOX 1 CUADERNO 8		1703
BOX 1 CUADERNO 8			Power of attorney given by the Colegio de Valladolid to Antonio Guardado
BOX 1 CUADERNO 8			Sale of twenty-three sitios de ganado menor by Collegio de Valladolid to Doña Juana de Luna Yazellano, Mariscala de Castilla
BOX 1 CUADERNO 9-10		1582-1705
BOX 1 CUADERNO 9-10			Proceedings in a suit filed by Conde del Fresno and Don José Marín y Villaseñor against the Colegio de Valladolid over ownership of various properties, including two caballerías near the Pueblo of Queréndaro, and the haciendas of San Bernardo, Sinsimeo, and Tepetongo; includes land grants, and testimony of witnesses
BOX 1 CUADERNO 11		1707
BOX 1 CUADERNO 11			Cancellation of a mortgage agreement originally granted by the Colegio de Valladolid to the Monjas del Rosario de Zinapécuaro
BOX 1 CUADERNO 12		1707
BOX 1 CUADERNO 12			Petition submitted by Conde del Fresno demanding the return of the Hacienda de Sinsimeo which the Jesuits had sold
BOX 1 CUADERNO 13-14		1655-1709
BOX 1 CUADERNO 13-14			Suit pursued by the Colegio de Valladolid on behalf of ‟los Naturales de Indaparapeo” seeking the restoration of the Hacienda de Tepetongo to the naturales
BOX 1 CUADERNO 13-14			Countersuit filed by José Marín y Villaseñor against the Colegio de Valladolid for illegal intrusion on the Hacienda de Tepetongo
BOX 1 CUADERNO 13-14			Inventory of the estate of Juan de la Rea which included disputed lands
BOX 1 CUADERNO 15		1710
BOX 1 CUADERNO 15			Resolution of a dispute over various lands in favor of the Colegio de Valladolid which it had pursued against Doña Leonor de Sámano y Sesati and Francisco Gonzalez
BOX 1 CUADERNO 16-19		1543-1718
BOX 1 CUADERNO 16-19			Proceedings and material presented as testimony in an appeal/continuation of the suit which appeared as resolved in Cuaderno 15; documents include material related to the sale of the haciendas of Sinsimeo, San Bernardo, and La Trasquila de San Antonio (sold by Francisco de Arteta to Don Joseph Ventura de Elexalde); financing records, posesiones de tierras, and various sixteenth and seventeenth century land grants; 1718 royal decree concerning the restoration of these lands to the Jesuits
BOX 1 CUADERNO 20		1718
BOX 1 CUADERNO 20			Proceedings in a boundary dispute between the Hacienda de Queréndaro and the Hacienda de los Naranjos
BOX 1 CUADERNO 21		1720
BOX 1 CUADERNO 21			Transaction of sale of lands contained in the Hacienda de Chapitiro between Conde de Lizarraga (son of Don Joseph Ventura de Arizaga y Elexalde) and the Colegio de Valladolid
BOX 1 CUADERNO 22		circa 1780-1800, undated
BOX 1 CUADERNO 22			Miscellaneous documents regarding an unresolved dispute between the haciendas of Queréndaro and Santa Clara over access to the Rio de Parras
BOX 1 CUADERNO 23		1716
BOX 1 CUADERNO 23			Royal decree granting the Colegio de Valladolid ownership of lands disputed by the colegio and the Pueblo de Queréndaro
BOX 1 CUADERNO 24		1724
BOX 1 CUADERNO 24			Rental agreement authorized by Conde de Lizarraga for Don José de Bárcena and Don Pedro de Ibarra
BOX 1 CUADERNO 25		1725
BOX 1 CUADERNO 25			Documents regarding the sale of lands by Conde de Lizarraga to the Colegio de Valladolid See same container, Cuaderno 21 ; lands include the haciendas of San Antonio, San Bernardo, Sinsimeo, and La Trasquila
BOX 1 CUADERNO 26		1727
BOX 1 CUADERNO 26			Material related to the donation of twenty-five sitios de ganado menor in "El Reino de León" by Gertrudis de Aguilar to the Colegio de Valladolid
BOX 1 CUADERNO 27-28		1727-1730
BOX 1 CUADERNO 27-28			Royal decrees regarding the Hacienda de Queréndaro's relations with neighboring estates; subjects include the prevention of damage caused to Queréndaro's crops by unrestrained cattle and the prohibition on hiring of former Queréndaro workers
BOX 1 CUADERNO 29-32		1589-1731
BOX 1 CUADERNO 29-32			Proceedings and testimony in a suit filed by Conde de Lizarraga seeking nullification of the sale to the Colegio de Valladolid of those lands identified in Cuadernos 21 and 25
BOX 1 CUADERNO 33		1591-1732
BOX 1 CUADERNO 33			1732 copies of titles and land grants pertaining to the land contained within the haciendas of Cupantaro and San Bartolome
BOX 1 CUADERNO 34-35		1592-1732
BOX 1 CUADERNO 34-35			Documents regarding the Colegio de Valladolid’s claim to lands on La Ysla de San Miguel Sirio
BOX 1 CUADERNO 36		1601-1733
BOX 1 CUADERNO 36			Proceedings in the nullification suit pursued by Conde de Lizarraga in the matter of the sale of land to the Colegio de Valladolid
BOX 1 CUADERNO 36			Land title documents for La Ysla de San Miguel Sirio
BOX 2 CUADERNO 11	Volume 2
BOX 2 CUADERNO 11		1807-1809
BOX 2 CUADERNO 11			Proceedings in a suit between Don Sebastián de Heras Soto, owner of Hacienda de Queréndaro, and Don Sebastián de Odriosola, owner of Hacienda de La Bartolilla, over ownership of the waters of the Ojo Caliente
BOX 2 CUADERNO 12		1811
BOX 2 CUADERNO 12			Letter from Comandante del batallón de patriotas Don Sebastian de Heras Soto claiming damages done to the Hacienda de Queréndaro by insurgent forces and request for reparations
BOX 2 CUADERNO 13		1805-1806
BOX 2 CUADERNO 13			Proceedings in a suit between the Hacienda de Santa Clara and the Hacienda de Queréndaro over access to the water of La Sanja Prieta
BOX 2 CUADERNO 14		1805-1824
BOX 2 CUADERNO 14			Petition for protection of land owned by Sebastián de Heras Soto, including the Hacienda de Queréndaro and Antonia de Heras in 1837
BOX 2 CUADERNO 14			1824 copy of acts of 1805-1806 concerning possession of the Hacienda de Queréndaro
BOX 2 CUADERNO 15		1805-1839
BOX 2 CUADERNO 15			Copies of proceedings in a suit between Sebastián de Heras Soto and Sebastián de Odriosola See also same container, Cuaderno11
BOX 2 CUADERNO 16		1837-1839
BOX 2 CUADERNO 16			Testimony concerning the division of the estate of Manuel de Heras Soto between Mariana and Antonia de Heras in 1837
BOX 2 CUADERNO 17		1662-1871
BOX 2 CUADERNO 17			Proceedings in a suit to nullify a sale (1727-1806) originally between Conde de Lizarraga and Colegio de Valladolid, continued by Ramón de Goicochea and Sebastián de Heras Soto, owners of Hacienda de Queréndaro, and José Antonio López Peña, owner of Hacienda de Santa Clara See also Container 1, Cuadernos 29-32 and 36
BOX 2 CUADERNO 17			Last will and testament of Gregorio Gonzalez de Rebolledo
BOX 2 CUADERNO 17			Contract beginning and concluding a partnership between Sebastián de Heras Soto and Juan Antonio Aguilera for the administration of the Hacienda de Queréndaro
BOX 2 CUADERNO 17			Last will and testament of Don Francisco de Arteta y Verganza
BOX 2 CUADERNO 17			Titles of ownership of the Hacienda de Queréndaro from Ramón de Goicochea (1782) to Mariana Heras de Pimentel (1839)
BOX 2 CUADERNO 17			Possession of the Hacienda de Queréndaro by Ramón de Goicochea
BOX 2 CUADERNO 17			Map of tenant-cultivated lands in El Potrero La Quemada (1871)
BOX 2 CUADERNO 18		1821-1862
BOX 2 CUADERNO 18			Proceedings in suit to nullify the sale continued by Manuel de Heras Soto, second Conde de Heras Soto, and José Pimentel, owners of Hacienda de Queréndaro See also same container, Cuaderno 17, and Container 1, Cuadernos 29-32 and 36
BOX 2 CUADERNO 19		1846-1864
BOX 2 CUADERNO 19			Division of estate of Manuel de Heras Soto
BOX 2 CUADERNO 19			Purchase of various lands from the Pueblo de Queréndaro by Don Tomás López Pimentel
BOX 2 CUADERNO 20		1830-1864
BOX 2 CUADERNO 20			Copies of documents pertaining to the division of the estate of Don Sebastián de Heras Soto
BOX 2 CUADERNO 21		1839-1883
BOX 2 CUADERNO 21			Power of attorney given by Tomás López Pimentel to José Pimentel y Heras to manage the affairs of his estate, including the Hacienda de Queréndaro Documents pertaining to the purchase of land in El Potrero Grande by José Pimentel y Heras from members of the Pueblo de Queréndaro
BOX 2 CUADERNO 22		1882-1922
BOX 2 CUADERNO 22			Arrangements between José Pimentel y Heras and La Compañia Constructora Nacional Mexicana to donate land for the passage of the railway through the Hacienda de Queréndaro
BOX 2 CUADERNO 22			1922 correspondence between Carlos Haghenbeck, the last recorded owner of the Hacienda de Queréndaro, and Ferrocarrilles Nacionales de México y Anexos relating to a dispute over the hacienda’s access to the railway