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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Autos hechos sobre las tres cauallerías de t[ie]rra que esta cibdad vendio a Luis H[e]r[nande]z

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Title

  • Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Autos hechos sobre las tres cauallerías de t[ie]rra que esta cibdad vendio a Luis H[e]r[nande]z

Created / Published

  • Mexico City, Puebla de los Angeles, Tepeaca

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  For the title page of this lawsuit the scribe used the back of a letter from Martín Seguera to Juan de la Cueva in Tepeaca. The letter was dated in Los Angeles [Puebla], July 29 (no year). It seems to have no relationship with the lawsuit itself. In Tepeaca on August 1, 1583, the governor, alcaldes, and regidores of the town appeared before the alcalde mayor, Juan Vázquez de Cearreta, and presented a petition and some documents regarding three caballerías of land. The petition stated that, after having bought the land from Diego Maldonado, the town had ignorantly allowed themselves to be led into issuing a written statement declaring that the lands were not within the boundaries described, which encompassed fertile land, but in a barren area. They ask that their letter be declared void. The petition is signed with 17 names. Juan Vázquez declared that the documents should be assembled so that a decision could be reached. His decision bears his signature and that of Juan de la Cueva, notary public. A transcript of documents is inserted. In Tepeaca on July 31, 1583, the town government requested a copy of the statement which they had made regarding the lands which Diego Maldonado had sold to them. The alcalde mayor commanded Juan de la Cueva, notary of the city, to search in the registers of his predecessor Francisco de Molina and make a copy of the document. La Cueva copied out the statement, which was dated December 19, 1582. La Cueva's transcript of these documents is dated August 1, 1583, and is authenticated with his sign and signature (leaves 3–8).

Medium

  • 26 leaves

Source Collection

  • Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1877

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Online Format

  • pdf
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Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Autos hechos sobre las tres cauallerías de tierra que esta cibdad vendio a Luis Hernandez. Mexico City, Puebla de los Angeles, Tepeaca, 1500. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-14600/.

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(1500) Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Autos hechos sobre las tres cauallerías de tierra que esta cibdad vendio a Luis Hernandez. Mexico City, Puebla de los Angeles, Tepeaca. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-14600/.

MLA citation style:

Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Autos hechos sobre las tres cauallerías de tierra que esta cibdad vendio a Luis Hernandez. Mexico City, Puebla de los Angeles, Tepeaca, 1500. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-14600/>.