mixed material monographic spa 2 2 0.8 Two bound volumes containing files kept by the Jesuits, the original owners of the hacienda, relating principally to the areas surrounding the Laguna de Cuitzeo, Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico. Records include correspondence, royal decrees, deeds of gift, estate inventories, fiscal accounts, bills of sale, land grants, legal suits and countersuits, mortgage loans, rental agreements, wills and testaments, and other records kept by the Jesuit owners of the hacienda. Subjects include the acquisition and sale of land, ownership disputes, property boundaries, water rights, rental of property, agricultural production, livestock and livestock brands, the role of women in the operation of the estate, relations with the Indians of Mexico, the Colegio de Valladolid, the San José de Queréndaro Hacienda, and neighboring smaller estates and their owners. Later records relate to the acquisition of the hacienda by Francisco de Arteta y Verganza and Leonor de Sámano y Sesati in 1702 and by Andrés de Peña in 1745. Other individuals represented include Domingo de Bustamante, Leonor de Cárdenas, Gerónimo Gil de Cárdenas, Diego de Espinosa Monzón, Baltasar Pérez Gallegos, Juan de la Rea, Gregorio González de Rebolledo, Fausto Francisco de la Roca, Juan Sánchez Paniagua, and Juan de Villaseñor. Open to research. Collection material in Spanish. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012057 Arteta y Verganza, Francisco de Bustamante, Domingo de Cárdenas, Leonor de Cárdenas, Gerónimo Gil de Espinosa Monzón, Diego de Pérez Gallegos, Baltasar Peña, Andrés de Rea, Juan de la Rebolledo, Gregorio González de Roca, Fausto Francisco de la Sámano y Sesati, Leonor de Sánchez Paniagua, Juan Villaseñor, Juan de Catholic Church Mexico Colegio de Valladolid (Mexico) Jesuits Mexico Agriculture Mexico Haciendas Mexico Indians of Mexico Inheritance and succession Mexico Land tenure Mexico Law Mexico Livestock Mexico Livestock brands Mexico Loans Mexico Mortgages Mexico Real property Mexico Rent Mexico Right of property Mexico Water rights Mexico Women Mexico Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810 Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) History San José de Queréndaro Hacienda (Mexico) Santa Clara de Tulillo Hacienda (Mexico) mm 97084050 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012057 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012057.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012057 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012057.3 Open to research. DLC 970728 20260227111726.0 mm 97084050