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BOX 6-10 REEL 4-8 Audiencia, 1547-1805
Material related to colonial law and court cases divided into four subgroups: laws, regulations, petitions and court orders, and legal actions. The subgroup of petitions and court orders contains fragmentary pieces of court cases, while the subgroup legal actions contains entire cases.
Items are arranged chronologically or alphabetically.
BOX 6 REEL 4 Laws
BOX 6 REEL 4 Laws of Castile, 1547
BOX 7 REEL 5 Corpus Iuris Civilis, 1716
(vol. 1)
BOX 8
REEL 6		 (vol. 2)
BOX 9 REEL 7 Recopilación de Leyes de Indias, 1756
(vols. 1-2)
BOX 10
REEL 8		 (vol. 3)
BOX 10 REEL 8 Addition to law on privacy, 1796
BOX 10 REEL 8 Regulations on measurement of land, 1760
BOX 10 REEL 8 Petitions and court orders, 1591-1805
BOX 10 REEL 8 Legal actions
BOX 10 REEL 8 Condes del Valle de Orizaba, 1650-1738
BOX 10 REEL 8 Convent of La Concepción, Puebla, 1707
BOX 11-37 REEL 9-33 Catholic Church, 1530-1929
Material generated by or related to the Catholic Church arranged as follows: Archbishorpric of Mexico, Bishorpric of Guadalajara, Bishorpric of Nuevo Leon, Bishorpric of Puebla, church-state relations, cofradias, Inquisition, and religious orders. The latter subgroup is further subdivided into Augustinian Order, Bethlemite Order, Casa of the Sacred Heart, Dominican Order in Puebla, and Franciscans in Mexico.
The section on Dominican Order in Puebla, the largest in the collection, is arranged by specific institutions. All other subseries are arranged alphabetically.
BOX 11 REEL 9 Archbishopric of Mexico
BOX 11 REEL 9 Pastoral letters and decrees
BOX 11 REEL 9 1754-1782
BOX 11 REEL 9 1788-1851
BOX 11 REEL 9 Administration
BOX 11 REEL 9 Convents, 1670-1842
BOX 11 REEL 9 Licenses and appointments, 1530-1864
BOX 11 REEL 9 Cathedral Chapter
BOX 11 REEL 9 Career, Jose María Alva, 1813-1878
BOX 11 REEL 9 Finances, 1715-1788
BOX 11 REEL 9 Reports, eighteenth century
BOX 11 REEL 9 Rules for ringing bells, eighteenth century
(3 vols.)
BOX 12 REEL 10 Liturgy, choir book, 1602
BOX 13 REEL 10 Sacramental administration
BOX 13 REEL 10 Devotions, 1742-1838
BOX 13 REEL 10 Dispensations, 1772-1814
BOX 13 REEL 10 Indulgences, 1723-1871
BOX 13 REEL 10 Marriage licenses, 1775-1778
BOX 13 REEL 10 Judicial
BOX 13 REEL 10 Foundation of obra pia, 1775
BOX 13 REEL 10 Petitions, orders, and investigations, 1564-1811
BOX 13 REEL 10 Suit over nonpayment of capellanía
BOX 13 REEL 10 1754
BOX 13 REEL 10 1835
BOX 13 REEL 10 Suit over will of Francisco Ruiz de Tagle, 1710
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Pastoral visits of Francisco de Aguir y Seijas, 1687-1688
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Parish of San Jacinto Istapaluca
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Prenuptial declarations, 1692-1707
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Register of burials, 1670-1703
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Bishopric of Guadalajara, sermon, 1821
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Bishopric of Nuevo Leon, circular on tithes, 1794
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Bishopric of Puebla
BOX 10 REEL 10-11 Pastoral letter and decree, 1708-1834
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Licenses and appointments, 1608-1811
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Cathedral Chapter, 1649
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Judicial
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Nonpayment of capellanía, 1772-1810
BOX 14 REEL 10-11 Convent of Santa Clara, 1795-1804
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 Colegio de San Pablo, 1712-1806[?] (contains informaciones de familaturas, 1712-1765, and a defense of the curriculum, 1806[?])
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 Church and state, broadsides, poster, and letters, 1926-1929
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 Cofradias
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 Immaculate Conception, Cuernavaca, 1689-1701
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 Our Lady of the Rosary, Mexico City, Mexico, 1774-1775
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 Precious Blood of Jesus, Balladolid, 1793
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 St. Francis Xavier, Mexico City, Mexico
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 Constitutions, 1662-1854
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 Book of Acts, 1844-1863
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 St. Ignatius Loyola, Mexico City, Mexico, 1814-1837
BOX 15 REEL 11-12 St. Mary Virgin, Mexico City, Mexico, 1760-1762
BOX 16 REEL 12 Holy Name of Jesus, Mexico City, Mexico, 1758-1857
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Inquisition
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Administration, 1571-1790
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Forbidden books
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Circulars, 1759
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Index, 1790
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Investigations, 1604-1819
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Lithographs
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Rules and procedures, 1560-1753
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Religious orders
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Augustinian Order, 1582-1760
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Bethlemite Order, 1714-1759
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Casa of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 1756-1776
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Dominican Order in Puebla
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Province of San Miguel and Santos Angeles
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Cédulas and court orders, 1696-1706
BOX 17 REEL 12-13 Composiciones, 1643-1709
BOX 18 REEL 14 Legal papers and reports, 1641-1764
BOX 18 REEL 14 Reports on disturbances within the houses of the province, elections, powers of attorney, letters and petitions from friars to the provincials, and royal cédulas affecting the province
(2 vols.)
BOX 19 REEL 15 Foundation of chair of St. Thomas Aquinas at the University of Mexico City, Mexico; powers of attorney; orders, investigations, and decisions of the provincial; papers related to conflicts with other institutions; and financial and administrative reports
BOX 19 REEL 15 Wills, 1638-1762 (contains nineteen wills of religious benefactors who left money or property to the order. All but one are seventeenth century)
BOX 20 REEL 16 Convento de Santo Domingo
BOX 20 REEL 16 Capellanías, 1590-1780 (contains twenty-three contracts endowing capellanías within the convent)
BOX 21 REEL 17 Capellanías, 1590-1780 (contains papers related to foundings of capellanías and repayment of principal. Also a list of the “decimas” and “patronatos” acknowledged by the convents and churches of Puebla)
BOX 22 REEL 17-18 Censos
BOX 22 REEL 17-18 1549-1788 (contains papers pertaining to a capellanía established by Dona Alfonsa de Vargas y Aguilar and an obra pia de huerfanas created by Domingo de la Edeza Verástegui)
BOX 22 REEL 17-18 1620
BOX 22 REEL 17-18 1626
BOX 23 REEL 18-19 Censos cancellations, 1620-1780 (contains papers acknowledging and repaying 45 loans solicited by the convent)
BOX 24 REEL 20 Censos cancellations, 1576-1773 (contains papers acknowledging and repaying seventy-one loans solicited by the convent)
BOX 24 REEL 20 Censo contract, 1837-1838
BOX 25 REEL 21 Interest payments, 1780-1836 (contains listing of all mortgages and other liabilities of the convent)
BOX 26 REEL 22 Legal papers and reports, 1625-1779 (contains papers of the procurators including financial transactions, reports, and accounts; court orders; legal briefs; and petitions)
BOX 26 REEL 22 Legal papers, fragments, 1701-1855
BOX 27 REEL 22-23 Obligaciones, 1593-1759 (contains twenty-two promissory notes for loans contracted by the convent)
BOX 27 REEL 22-23 Professions
BOX 27 REEL 22-23 Papers of Francisco de Aguilar, 1602-1692 (contains private papers of the benefactor and material related to the probate of his will, including the complete inventory of his estate)
BOX 28 REEL 24 Papers of Domingo de la Edeza Verástegui, 1644-1735 (contains financial and legal papers of the benefactor and records of the probate of his will and his donations to the convent)
BOX 28 REEL 24 Papers of Juan de Narváez, 1592-1677 (contains correspondence, contracts, and legal actions of the benefactor)
BOX 29 REEL 25 Property titles
BOX 29 REEL 25 Baños de las Caleras, 1553-1780
BOX 29 REEL 25 Composiciones, 1593-1763 (contains composiciones and actions related to them, and contracts for purchase of burial plots and chapels in the convent church)
BOX 30 REEL 26 Haciendas of San Baltazar, Santa María and Santa Clara, 1608-1727
(2 vols.)
BOX 31 REEL 27 Hacienda of San Juan Chicomulco, alias Macuila, 1606-1758
BOX 32 REEL 28 Hacienda of Teyuca, 1571-1703
BOX 33 REEL 29 Urban property
BOX 33 REEL 29 1592-1776 (contains papers related to mortgages, sales, and acquisition of urban property. Book 2 of convent titles)
BOX 34 REEL 30 1593-1732 (contains titles to houses inherited from Father Bartolomé del Manzano. Book 4 of convent titles)
BOX 34 REEL 30 1590-1683 (contains titles to houses on the Calle de los Mesones and the Calle de las Huertas in Puebla. Book 6 of convent titles)
BOX 34 REEL 30 Sacristy, income and expenses, 1689-1695
BOX 35 REEL 31 Colegio Real de San Luis
BOX 35 REEL 31 Donations, 1784-1819
BOX 35 REEL 31 Financial records, 1726-1810 (contains income records, 1726-1810, and an inventory of books and furnishings in 1729)
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