Tierras - Volumes, 1537–1845
File — Vols: 111-117
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
New Spain - documents and some maps, illustrations, pertaining to land grants and litigation and contracts over land titles by Spaniards and Indians, the founding of towns and missions, land and water allocation and use. Includes Spanish and Indian relations, defense, struggle for rights of and protection and extension of lands to Indians, Protector de Indios – Jose de Celi. Mayorazgos, cacigazgos. Deals with land use, land measurements (vara), land for cattle and horses, water for cattle, irrigation, crops. Also several cases of water flooding a house or damaging land. Includes Indian women caciques and Spanish women with lands, involved in disputes, inheritance cases. Also the handling of property and debts of those held by the Inquisition, such as the cases of New Mexico Governor Mendizabal and Governor Peñalosa. Also includes a history of the Hospital of San Juan de Dios founded by Dr. Pedro Lopez.
Oaxaca, Xicaya, 1559 -1700s, history of the towns, lands, salt fields, fisheries, of the cacicazgo, Agustin Carlos Pimentel, cacique, Jicayan, Tututepec, family, genealogy, detailed. Oaxaca y Puebla, 1567-1591, land claims of family of Dona Teresa de la Cruz, cacique of Yanhuitlan and other lands, genealogy, succesion, Gabriel de Guzman, property inventory, detailed. Oaxaca, Tlazultepec, 1593-1599, Alta Mixteca, history, succession of caciques, heirs, Juan de Guzman. Veracruz, 1599, Guazacualco, description of province, reduction of Indian pueblos. Merida, 1648-1649, Valle de Isucar, Indian rights to irrigate from river water, Atlixco and Atotonilco, contracts with Spanish neighbors , San Juan de Ulloa. Queretero, 1722, Indians of San Juan pueblo win land claim against a Spanish hacendero. Guanajuato, Urapuato, 1723-1729, complaints of people against their absentee alcalde mayor, who did not visit or help them, detailed. Guanajuato, Santa Rosa, 1789-1790, investigation of land holders in area without title to lands. Mexico, 1500s-1800s, hospital, history of the Convento Hospital de Desamparados, order of San Juan de Dios, founded by Dr. Pedro López, detailed. Mapa, pueblo of San Esteban Tetelpa, Cuernavaca, Marquesado del Valle, distances, properties . Mexico, 1839-1845, sale of Hacienda de Aragon, Santiago, México, defense of rights of people on the land, represented by Luis Velásquez de la Cadena, Comandancia General de México, Coronel Mariano Tagle,
New Spain – places - Chalco, Coahuila, Cuernavaca, Guazacualco,Guerrero, Huasteca, Mexico City, Mexico State, Michoacan, Mixteca Alta, Otumba, Pachuca, Panuco, Puebla, Queretero, San Juan Teotihuacan, San Luis Potosí, Toluca, Tulancingo, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yanhuitlán and
New Mexico - Gov. Bernardo Lopez de Mendizbal and Gov. Diego Dionisio de Peñalosa, 1650s-1660s, Santa Fe, documents related to their Inquisition cases, about people doing business with them, Juan Manso, administrator of caravan, carros, goods carried, purchases, expense, tribute, encomiendas, debts owed people, trade goods - piñon, hides, buffalo hides, furniture, Chichimeca children, examples of their property being held by the Inquisition officials, inventory, investigation of Teresa de Aguilera y Roche, wife of Governor Mendizabal, many detailed cases for various individuals, business ties to Mendizabal and Peñalosa. Caravans, carros, 1663-1665, investigations, trade, economy, types of goods ordered and coming up to New Mexico, equipment, clothing, food, animals, etc., related to Inquisition cases, Padre Juan de Ramirez, etc., detailed. New Mexico, 1660s, Diego de Peñalosa, and encomiendas de Francico Gomez, Francisco de Anaya, Cristobal de Anaya Almazan, Diego Romero, Alonso Rodriguez.Map of New Mexico, 1766. Jose Antonio Naranjo, mulato Negro, 1766, Taos Pueblo Indians’ protest his appointment as a Spanish military captain by viceroy, because of his abuses, crimes, cases given, detailed. Atrisco, Albuquerque area, 1769, testimony Efigenia Duran y Chavez, widow of Jacinto Sanchez, over sheep to Loreto Santillanes, and land. Places - Atrisco, El Paso, Parral, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Santa Fe, Taos Pueblo, Zacatecas.
Oaxaca, Xicaya, 1559 -1700s, history of the towns, lands, salt fields, fisheries, of the cacicazgo, Agustin Carlos Pimentel, cacique, Jicayan, Tututepec, family, genealogy, detailed. Oaxaca y Puebla, 1567-1591, land claims of family of Dona Teresa de la Cruz, cacique of Yanhuitlan and other lands, genealogy, succesion, Gabriel de Guzman, property inventory, detailed. Oaxaca, Tlazultepec, 1593-1599, Alta Mixteca, history, succession of caciques, heirs, Juan de Guzman. Veracruz, 1599, Guazacualco, description of province, reduction of Indian pueblos. Merida, 1648-1649, Valle de Isucar, Indian rights to irrigate from river water, Atlixco and Atotonilco, contracts with Spanish neighbors , San Juan de Ulloa. Queretero, 1722, Indians of San Juan pueblo win land claim against a Spanish hacendero. Guanajuato, Urapuato, 1723-1729, complaints of people against their absentee alcalde mayor, who did not visit or help them, detailed. Guanajuato, Santa Rosa, 1789-1790, investigation of land holders in area without title to lands. Mexico, 1500s-1800s, hospital, history of the Convento Hospital de Desamparados, order of San Juan de Dios, founded by Dr. Pedro López, detailed. Mapa, pueblo of San Esteban Tetelpa, Cuernavaca, Marquesado del Valle, distances, properties . Mexico, 1839-1845, sale of Hacienda de Aragon, Santiago, México, defense of rights of people on the land, represented by Luis Velásquez de la Cadena, Comandancia General de México, Coronel Mariano Tagle,
New Spain – places - Chalco, Coahuila, Cuernavaca, Guazacualco,Guerrero, Huasteca, Mexico City, Mexico State, Michoacan, Mixteca Alta, Otumba, Pachuca, Panuco, Puebla, Queretero, San Juan Teotihuacan, San Luis Potosí, Toluca, Tulancingo, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yanhuitlán and
New Mexico - Gov. Bernardo Lopez de Mendizbal and Gov. Diego Dionisio de Peñalosa, 1650s-1660s, Santa Fe, documents related to their Inquisition cases, about people doing business with them, Juan Manso, administrator of caravan, carros, goods carried, purchases, expense, tribute, encomiendas, debts owed people, trade goods - piñon, hides, buffalo hides, furniture, Chichimeca children, examples of their property being held by the Inquisition officials, inventory, investigation of Teresa de Aguilera y Roche, wife of Governor Mendizabal, many detailed cases for various individuals, business ties to Mendizabal and Peñalosa. Caravans, carros, 1663-1665, investigations, trade, economy, types of goods ordered and coming up to New Mexico, equipment, clothing, food, animals, etc., related to Inquisition cases, Padre Juan de Ramirez, etc., detailed. New Mexico, 1660s, Diego de Peñalosa, and encomiendas de Francico Gomez, Francisco de Anaya, Cristobal de Anaya Almazan, Diego Romero, Alonso Rodriguez.Map of New Mexico, 1766. Jose Antonio Naranjo, mulato Negro, 1766, Taos Pueblo Indians’ protest his appointment as a Spanish military captain by viceroy, because of his abuses, crimes, cases given, detailed. Atrisco, Albuquerque area, 1769, testimony Efigenia Duran y Chavez, widow of Jacinto Sanchez, over sheep to Loreto Santillanes, and land. Places - Atrisco, El Paso, Parral, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Santa Fe, Taos Pueblo, Zacatecas.
Dates
- 1537–1845
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English, Spanish, French, Mayan, Latin
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 23 boxes (16.5 cu. ft.), 267 volumes, 322 microfilm reels (masters in cabinets), 322 CDs
General
(Located second floor of CSWR Anderson Reading Room)
Creator
- From the Collection: Bloom, Lansing Bartlett, 1880- (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451