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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHarkness collection, 1525-1651 Philanthropist and collector. Documents and papers (1525-1609: 2,939 folios) relating to the history of the Spanish in Mexico, though chiefly pertaining to the conquistador, Hernan Cortés, and members of his family. Topics include the Cortés-Avila Conspiracy (1566); a 1531 lawsuit involving testimony from the Nahuas of Huejotzingo, Mexico; other legal matters; family lands in Oaxaca, Mexico; and proceedings of the Holy Office of the...
- Contributor: Harkness, Edward Stephen
- Date: 1525
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialSir Thomas Phillipps collection, circa 1400-1857 Manuscript materials relating chiefly to various aspects of the colonial history of British North America and the West Indies. Formerly a part of Bibliotheca Phillippica, a library of manuscripts and printed books compiled by Sir Thomas Phillipps. Of particular note are papers relating to the Board of Trade and Sir William Blathwayt; letterbooks of George Macartney while governor of the Caribbean Islands; English and...
- Contributor: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir
- Date: 1400
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1966 Bookman, collector, and bibliophile. Letters, decrees, order books, reports, instructions, dispatches, printed material, and miscellaneous legal documents concerning the history of colonial Spanish America, including the activities of the Mexican Inquisition.
- Contributor: Kraus, Hans Peter
- Date: 1433
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKing Philip II grant of arms, Illuminated grant of arms (1 p., accompanied by 19 p. of text with endorsements) conferring nobility on Alonso de Mesa and Hernando de Mesa in recognition of their service to the Crown. Signed "Yo el Rey." Illumination is multi-colored/gilt (12 1/4 in. x 8 1/2 in.) depicting Madonna and child, cornucopia, bird, butterfly, flowers, cherubs, and mounted knight in-arms with sword and herald.
- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Philip II
- Date: 1566
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialStatement made by Juan GarcÃa López in the city of Antequera, before the Notary Public Francisco Pérez. [Ca. 1568]. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Jurisdiction covered: Spain. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also available on microfilm (Law Library Microfilm 84/10004). Document in Spanish.
- Date: 1568-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialWill executed in the village of Laguna in November 1567 by Melchor de Pedrosa, the elder son of Lic. Francisco de Pedrosa and Doña Beatriz Maldonado who resided in the village of ... Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Jurisdiction covered: Spain. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also available on microfilm (Law Library Microfilm 84/10004). Document in Spanish.
- Date: 1567-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHenry Albert Monday collection relating to Mexico, 1522-1935 Physician and collector. Correspondence, legal and financial papers, tax records, contracts, land records, cédulas, reports, official documents, broadsides, circulars, and other papers relating chiefly to various aspects of Mexican political, legal, and ecclesiastical history collected by Monday.
- Contributor: Monday, Henry Albert
- Date: 1522
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialWoodbury Lowery collection relating to Spanish settlements in the United States, 1517-1803 Lawyer, editor and historian. Chiefly handwritten transcripts of documents compiled by Lowery relating to Spanish settlements in California, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas.
- Contributor: Lowery, Woodbury
- Date: 1517
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHarry T. Friedman collection of Spanish American documents, circa 1500-1912 Collector. Correspondence, reports, certificates, printed material, and other documents relating to such topics as the Joliet-Marquette expedition (1673), navigation and trade from the Philippines to Mexico (1749), land transactions in Tulancingo and Huejotzingo, Mexico, and persons associated with the cause of Mexican independence; inventories (1778-1785) of Mexican missions at Mátape, Alamos, and Macori; and information on Indian groups and the branding of military livestock....
- Contributor: Friedman, Harry T.
- Date: 1500
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialDomingo Del Monte collection of Spanish colonial history, 1500-1871 Cuban historian. Correspondence, diaries, writings, reports, official documents, and printed material collected or written by Del Monte relating to the Spanish colonial history of Cuba, Mexico, Peru, South America, Philippines, and the West Indies. Includes material on copper mines, insurrections, labor, immigration, and slavery and the slave trade.
- Contributor: Del Monte, Domingo
- Date: 1500