Documents from the Archivo General de La Nación de México and other related archives 1520-1878

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Documents from the Archivo General de La Nación de México and other related archives 1520-1878

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The collection contains selected Spanish documents copied from the Archivo General de La Nación and other archives in Mexico City, with related transcriptions and notes. The collection is mainly focused on the colonial history of New Mexico and New Spain, with some materials for the Caribbean, Latin America and the U.S. Borderlands.

17 boxes (15 cu. ft.), 267 volumes, 326 microfilm reels

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