Papers relating to the haciendas of José Mariano Sánchez y Mora, third Conde de Peñasco, 1721-1845 (bulk 1753-1844).

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Sánchez Mora, José Mariano. Papers relating to the haciendas of José Mariano Sánchez y Mora, third Conde de Peñasco, 1721-1845 (bulk 1753-1844).

Papers relating to the haciendas of José Mariano Sánchez y Mora, third Conde de Peñasco, 1721-1845 (bulk 1753-1844).

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Correspondence, legal and financial documents, reports, lists and other materials relating to the management of haciendas in San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, and Mexico states during the 18th and 19th centuries. Items from before 1799 relate to properties belonging to the Sánchez family and to the obra pía. In 1799, José Sánchez Espinosa who was serving as temporary administrator for the second count of Peñasco, began receiving reports concerning Peñasco properties, which included the haciendas of Angostura and Peñasco in San Luis Potosí and others entailed to the title. Correspondence concerns livestock and crops, pulque production, labor problems, weather, debts, water resources, and boundary disputes, as well as military, legal, and political problems. Juan Nepomuceno Oviedo, administrator (ca. 1781-1812) of the haciendas of Bocas and Cruces, the two largest properties of the obra pía, figures prominently in the correspondence. The papers also include correspondence from religious officials about support for various church activities, as well as receipts paid on legacies and personal requests for economic assistance. The papers reflect various events of Mexican history as they affected the occupants and owners of the haciendas.

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