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Scope and Contents From the Series: Court cases, lawsuits, residencias, encomiendas, treatment of Indians, inheritances. The Escribanía de Cámara or Office of the Court Notary was part of the Consejo de los Indies of Council of the Indies, the highest appellate court in Spanish America. Residencia of Gervacio Cruzat y Gongora, Governor of New Mexico; Conflicts of the Bishop of Durango with the Franciscan missionaries of New Mexico; Case over encomiendas of Isabel Montezuma, daughter of the Emperor, wife of Cortes;...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Ministry of State: Padre Alonso Posada’s report on New Mexico, 1686