Placido Pastor accounts book, 1887-1898.

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Placido Pastor accounts book, 1887-1898.

Invoices and business correspondence (1887-1898) of Placido Pastor, a Mexico City purchasing and shipping agent for wheat, corn, sugar, unfermented maguey juice, and brandy from haciendas in the states of Mexico, Puebla, and Morelos. Suppliers frequently invoiced include individuals from the Araoz, Cortina, Espinosa, Fernández, Garcés, Lavie, and Sanz families, who were members of the Compañía Expendedora de Pulques; Juan Pagaza; Joaquín García Icazbalceta; and Luis García Pimentel. As general agent for Octavio Conde, Pastor corresponded at some length with Colonel Manuel Alarcón concerning disputed water rights around Ocuituco and with General Jesús Preciado during negotiations to bring a railway trunk line to Cuernavaca. Pastor's 90 letters contain details of rural politics in the states of Puebla and Morelos, land transactions, and hacienda administration.

1 v. (492 leaves)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7345788

University of Texas Libraries

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Conde, Octavio.

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Alarcon, Manuel.

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Espinosa family.

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Sanz family.

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Lavie family.

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Garcés family.

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Preciado, Jesús H., 1842-1894

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García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894

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Joaquín García Icazbalceta was a Mexican historian and bibliographer. From the description of Joaquín García Icazbalceta papers, 1883-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517509 On May 25, 1577, King Philip II of Spain ordered by royal cédula the preparation of a general description of Spain's holdings in the Indies. Instructions and a questionnaire, issued in 1577 by the Office of the Cronista Mayor-Cosmógrafo, were distributed to local officials in the Viceroyalties...

Pagaza, Juan.

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Araoz family.

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Cortina family.

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Pastor, Placido.

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Placido Pastor was a purchasing and shipping agent based in Mexico City in the late nineteenth century. From the description of Placido Pastor accounts book, 1887-1898. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 32846001 ...

García Pimentel, Luis 1855-

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