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Open book Documents pertaining to community affairs of Cuitlahuac, Tlalmanalco de Velázquez, and Tláhuac in the province of Chalco 1551-1858

Title Documents pertaining to community affairs of Cuitlahuac, Tlalmanalco de Velázquez, and Tláhuac in the province of Chalco 1551-1858

Date 1551-1858

Place Mexico--Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, Mexico--Cuitlahuac, Mexico--Tláhuac, Mexico--Tlalmanalco de Velázquez

Language Nahuatl, Spanish

Subjects Land titles, Nahuas, Nahuatl language, Taxation

Description Title on added t.p.: "Mexican and Spanish manuscripts. XVI & XVII Cent. Deeds of property. 1571-1679, in Mexican language with corresponding documents in Spanish."
Many pages damaged with some loss of text.
Thirty-eight documents on stamped paper for 1644-1851.
Illustrated with colored pictographs representing tribute payments; also includes pictographs of the quarter-moon and portraits, possibly of the encomendero, Alonso de Cuevas.

Summary Documents in Nahuatl and Spanish from 1551-1858 relating to community expenses, taxation, property titles, and litigation in several pueblos of the province of Chalco, Mexico. Ten "cartas de pago" or receipts for payment, drawn up by the Indians of Cuitlahuac, verify their payments of tribute to the encomendero, Alonso de Cuevas, between 1573-1579. The tribute payment of 115 pesos and 5 tomines, made three times a year, is indicated by the pictographs as well as the Nahuatl text. The second group of 45 documents, all in Spanish, contain accounts of revenues from community cornfields, and municipal expenses for the towns of Tlalmanalco, Tlahuac, and Cuitlahuac between 1634-1681, such as the costs of religious festivals and litigation over land boundaries. Ten documents for the years 1623-1635 include receipts for payment of tribute from municipal officials of Tlahuac and Cuitlahuac, as well as tithe payments signed by the parish priests. Other documents in Spanish concern property litigation against the town of Xochimilco; appointments from 1551 by the viceroy Luis de Velasco, naming certain Indians as alcaldes of Cuitlahuac; petitions and orders concerning fishing and irrigation rights for the Indians of Cuitlahuac; and a judgment in favor of the Indians of Tlahuac against Don Alonso de Cuevas. The final four items include a bill of sale dated 1788 for property in Chimalcoyoc, and other land sale documents for Tlalpam and Coyoacan.

Extent 1 box (84 items) : col. ill. ; 36 cm

Format Accounts, Manuscripts, Receipts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 1476

BibID 136564

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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