Indians of New Spain : Transcripts, 1579-1797.

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García, Genaro, 1867-1920. Indians of New Spain : Transcripts, 1579-1797.

Indians of New Spain : Transcripts, 1579-1797.

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Transcripts of correspondence, records of court testimonies and decisions, official instructions, and a summary of a letter concerning Indians of New Spain. Testimonies and court responses include those of three cases, one in which Balthazar de Vidaurre complains of the mistreatment of the people of San Francisco Yxtlahuaca and of San Miguel Temascalcingo by new mayor Pedro Joseph Crespo; a second in which Julian Joseph Sánchez of Santa Bárbara of Cuautitlan complains of mistreatment by his mayor, Jacinto María Castro González; and a third in which a great-granddaughter of Moctezuma, Mária Cano de Salazar, litigates for her part of the family property (filed as G15 Ms.). A document by Fernando Cortés pertaining to Moctezuma and Moctezuma'a daughters was read at the hearings for María Cano and is recorded in the hearing documents. (Cont.) The collection also contains transcripts of a letter from the priest Joseph Montero Cruz concerning rebellious actions and the state of moral affairs among the people of the mountains of the Puebla area; a summary of a letter to Pope Paul III from Friar Julián Garcés praising the religious inclination, behavior, and talent of the Indians; and instructions by Coronel Fernando de la Concha, governor of the province of New Mexico, advising his successor, Lieutenant Colonel Fernando Chacón, on governing the native peoples under his jurisdiction and on managing the garrison troops.

2 folders.

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