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 Series

Viceregal Administration, 1522-1875

Conditions Governing Access

The Monday Collection is open to research. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting.

Scope and Content Note

Official papers generated by the civil government during the colonial period, or related to it. The subgroups are ordered by the importance of their association with the viceregal authority. The series is divided into bandos and cédulas, grants and permits, administration, the affairs of the corregimiento of Mexico City, reports, relaciones de méritos, patents of nobility, inductions into honorary orders, temporalidades, and the affairs of Indian villages.

Dates

  • Creation: 1522-1875

Access and Restrictions

The Monday Collection is open to research. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting.

Arrangement

Within each subgroup, the items are ordered chronologically or alphabetically.

Container Range

Box: 1-5 Reel: 1-4

Part of the Manuscript Division Repository

Contact:
Manuscript Reading Room
101 Independence Ave, SE
James Madison Building, LM 101
Washington, DC 20540-4683
(202) 707-5387