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Tecamachalco legal documents, [1557-1594].

[1557-1594].

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Consists of legal documents in Nahuatl and Spanish concerning lands and rents. Leaves 1-4 in Nahuatl. Leaves 5-9 contain Spanish translation of the Nahuatl. On fol. 9v there is a difficult date: 1594? and the signature of Don Luis de Velasco identified in the text as Caballero de la Orden de Santiago. Depending on the date this may be the first or second Viceroy of that name. Folio 1 is a land document in Nahuatl and Spanish. the text begins, "Muy Magos. Señores. Franco Garcia de Morales nican nichan china ynipan Xmaltepetin Amispanticinco..." Francisco Garcia de Morales is identified in the text as "Español". The words "tlalli" and "cavallerias" (lands in Nahuatl; Spanish for a unit of land measure, respectively) so that the document concerns lands. The Nahuatl text is continued on the verso and mentions "Diego Ramirez, excribano de la audiencia" and his signature appears together with 10 others.
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Call Number
C0744.02 (Garrett Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 15)
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Language
Spanish
Subject
Land tenure—Registration and transfer—Mexico
Nahuas—Mexico—Mexico City—History
Nahuatl language—Texts
Tecamachalco (Puebla, Mexico)—History—16th century—Sources
Mexico—History—Spanish colony, 1540-1810—Sources
Indigenous Studies
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