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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Collection

Harkness Collection

Identifier: MSS47662
Abstract Philanthropist and collector. Documents and papers (1525-1609: 2,939 folios) relating to the history of the Spanish in Mexico, though chiefly pertaining to the conquistador, Hernan Cortés, and members of his family. Topics include the Cortés-Avila Conspiracy (1566); a 1531 lawsuit involving testimony from the Nahuas of Huejotzingo, Mexico; other legal matters; family lands in Oaxaca, Mexico; and proceedings of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Also includes documents and papers (1531-1651,...
Dates 1525-1740
 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