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Collection Summary | |
Creator: | |
Collection Name: | Matricula de Indios y Indias...villa de Colima |
Inclusive Dates: | 1592 |
Physical Description: | .1 linear feet |
Abstract: | In 1590, the viceroy at the time, Luis de Velasco II ordered a great census taken throughout Mexico. The introductory statement of this document states that this 1592 census accounts for all the Indians in the city of Colima not reported in the previous one. |
Collection Number: | MS 089 |
Language: | Materials are in Spanish. |
Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
In 1590, the viceroy at the time, Luis de Velasco II ordered a great census taken throughout Mexico. The introductory statement of this document states that this 1592 census accounts for all the Indians in the city of Colima not reported in the previous one.
Sewn manuscript that contains listings of over 150 Indians. Each has a Spanish name, and a table beside their names marks them according to marital state: married, widowed, or single. They are grouped next to names of Spaniards: for example, Antonio Cabillo, Antonio de Mena, Juan Rodriguez, Juan Maldonado. Dated January, 1592.
Bookseller's description and bibliographic references for the document are included.
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Matricula de Indios y Indias...villa de Colima (MS 089). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Acquired as purchase, 1967.
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