Box 3
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Contains 1 Result:
Carta del Cabildo de la Ciudad de México al Emperador. AGI, Documentos Escogidos 1, No. 27 (previously México, 319), 1533.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
Summary: Letter from the cabildo of Mexico City informing the Spanish emperor of the need for expansion of the encomienda system in the region. Comments on the hardship caused to the original conquistadores, decline in grazing, lack of a economic market to sell their products and suffering and hunger. Notes that after the suspencion of the encomiendas, some indios have been transferred from encomiendas to corregimientos for better administration. Comments relating to the collection of large...
Dates:
1533.