Consists of administrative documents, account ledgers, and materials related to the Third Order Secular of St. Francis.
Arranged by genre of genre of material.
Libro de patentes [register of acts, rules, and superior orders], 1724 February-1849 January 25
This series consists of assorted papers (1562-1903), many relating to the Benavides family, that include legal proceedings, documents relating to property, and a general index of protocols of public instruments of the municipality.
This sub-series is organized chronologically by date.
General index of protocols of public instruments of the municipality, Tlalpujahua, 1811-1871
Consists of additional accounts, religious petitions, correspondence, and other documents.
Arranged by genre of material.
undated, undated
Payment to cofradía, 1599
Account ledger, 1770-1776
Receipt of debt owed, 1790
Receipts of debts owed, 1801
Receipts of debts owed, 1809
Account of sold items, 1814-1815
Accounts of tributes paid, 1824
Account ledger, 1829
Accounts of Manuel Moreno, 1833
List of expenses, 1839
Accounts of a house, 1839-1840
Receipts of debts owed, 1840
Appraisal list, 1840
Receipt of debt owed, 1849
Receipt of debt owed, 1855
Receipts of debts owed, 1856
Receipts of debts owed, 1857
Accounts of Rancho la Mora, 1890
Accounts of Rancho la Mora, 1891
Accounts, miscellaneous, 1895-1897
Accounts, miscellaneous, 1897-1900
Receipts, miscellaneous, 1898-1901
undated, undated
1722, 1722
1729, 1729
1749, 1749
1750, 1750
Book of petitions to profess in the order of Nuestro Serafico Señor San Francisco, 1755-1757
1758, 1758
1758, 1758
1759, 1759
1765, 1765
1781-1790 and 1795, 1781-1790, 1795
1795-1798, 1795-1798
1798, 1798
1882, 1882
Document, 1660
Document, 1720
Document relating to houses, 1722
Patent [copy of original], 1744
Document, 1762-1763
Testament, 1768
Document, 1796
Documents, 1798
Documents relating to a debt, 1801
Document relating to land, 1801
Documents, 1807
Document relating to a loan, 1822
Documents relating to a ranch, 1824
Marriage contract, 1826
Documents relating to Mina Concepción; map of Mina Concepción, 1827, 1831 and undated, 1827, 1831
Document relating to land, 1833
Documents relating to a debt, 1833
Document relating to a payment, 1834
List of streets, 1872
1 ALS, undated
6 ALsS, 1773-1788
11 ALsS, 1810-1896
1 ALS, 1901
1 torn fragment, dates not examined
1 ALS fragment, dates not examined
1 envelope, dates not examined
1 advertisement, dates not examined
19 blank forms, dates not examined
1 blank p., dates not examined
This series consists of assorted documents, letters, and miscellaneous materials relating to estates, houses, land, testaments, and other topics (1751-1900). It includes documents about José Benavides and his family, Mariano Arroyo and his family, Austacio and Juan Rulfo, and Hacienda Sauz Chico among other names and institutions. Names have been normalized to modern Spanish spelling for consistency.
This series is arranged into three subseries: Documents, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous.
Document fragment, 1751
Document addressed to [...] Hermano Mayor. Mentions Gertudis de Cárdenas and Juan Rulfo, 1783
Document with legal actions related to Mariano Ortega taking possesion of land, 1800 August
Document addressed to Maria Gertrudis Benavides related to payments to Miguel Parada, 1807 November
Receipt signed by José Lorenzo Cárdenas of money received from Manuel Jiménez de Nova, 1809 November
Testament, 1810 May
Two tenant agreements between Vicente Arriaga and Rafael Velázquez. Hacienda Sauz Chico, 1825-1833
Tenancy agreement of Hacienda del Sauz Chico between Juan Velázquez and Agapito Bolaños, 1852-1853
Invoice of the expenses of the funeral of Teresita Benavides. Signed by [...] Uribe, 1858 March
Receipt, signed by Luis, 1860-1861
Tenancy agreement of Hacienda del Sauz Chico between Luisa Borja ad Manuel Dorantes, 1862 February
Ms. notes of various types of events that took place in Tlalpujahua between c.1675-1852, undated
Ms. note with land survey, undated
Ms. letter addressed to Luis [...] y Feliz Benavides from the heirs of J. Benavides, 1808 February
Miscellaneous Ms. notes, undated
Miscellaneous scraps, undated
Ms. devotional notes, undated
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers of the Convento de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, a Franciscan monastery established in 1703. There are various administrative documents ( libros de patentes and libro de inventorio) that date from 1724 to 1849; account ledgers ( libros de cargo y descargo) that date from 1719 to 1839; and a significant number of ledgers (a libro de institucion, a libro de determinaciones y constituciones, and several libros de asientos de recepciones y profesiones) belonging to the Third Order Secular of St. Francis that date from 1686 to 1832.
There are also miscellaneous ledgers from Tlalpujahua and Toluca that contain information regarding various land transactions and title transfers, last will and testaments, and a ledger regarding a general store ( casa de comercio). Moreover, one ledger was used to record legal proceedings during the mid-1740s in matrimonial and criminal cases in Tlalpujahua. In addition, there are papers that belonged to Austacio Rulfo (1820-1903) that trace the genealogies of the Rayón and Rulfo families, relatives of independence leader Ignacio López Rayón.
Furthermore, there are additional papers that include account ledgers and accounting documents (receipts, inventories, appraisals, and expenses) (1599-1901); religious petitions (1722-1882); documents relating to estates, houses, land, livestock, and other topics (1660-1898); and correspondence (1774-1901). While the majority of these documents pertain to the Benavides family, some relate to the Third Order Secular of St. Francis, and others to the Rayón and Rulfo families.
A second group of additional papers includes documents (receipts, testaments, account ledgers, and land transactions) (1751-1900); correspondence (1782-1901), and undated miscellaneous materials. The majority of these documents pertain to the Benavides, Rayon, and Rulfo families.
- Acquisition:
The department purchased part of the collection from a dealer in October 1999 , and the remainder in July 2002 .
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Heather A. Shannon in 1999, Karla J. Vecchia in 2000, and Carolina Gamboa-Hoyos in 2008. Finding aid written by Heather A. Shannon in 1999, Karla J. Vecchia in 2000, and Carolina Gamboa-Hoyos in 2008.
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Records of Colonial Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico); Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/x633f103f
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-11
- Bibliography
Peter Gerhard, A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (London: Cambridge University Press, 1972). Carlos Herrejón Pereda, Tlalpujahua (Morelia, Mexico: Gobierno del Estado de Michoacán, 1980). Esperanza Ramírez Romero, Catálogo de monumentos y sitios de Tlalpujahua (Mexico: Gobierno del Estado de Michoacán and Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, 1985).
- Subject Terms:
- Criminal procedures -- Mexico -- 18th century.
Franciscan monasteries -- Mexico -- Adminisitration.
Land titles -- Mexico -- Registration and transfer.
Matrimonial actions -- Mexico -- 18th century. - Genre Terms:
- Account books -- Mexico -- Tlalpujahua.
Court records -- Mexico -- 19th century.
Ledgers. - Names:
- Catholic Church
Third Order Secular of St. Francis
Benavides family - Places:
- Tlalpujahua (Mexico) -- History -- Sources.
Toluca (Mexico) -- History -- Sources.