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 and rulings, land grants, acts of land possession, lawsuits, estate inventories, wills and testaments, bills of sale, rental agreements, mortgage and loan material, and fiscal accounts. Subjects include the acquisition and sale of land, inheritance, legal procedure, ownership disputes and establishment of property boundaries, water rights, rental of property, Ramo de Temporalidades (the royal branch responsible for the sale of Jesuit properties), agricultural production, livestock and livestock brands, manufacturing activities, the role of women in estate operations, relations with the Indians of Mexico, the Colegio de Valladolid, and the impact of the Mexican War of Independence. Also includes correspondence and fiscal accounts with the local railroad company. Individuals represented include Manuel Abad y Quiepo; Juan Bárcena; Miguel Bárcena; Sebastian de Heras Soto, first conde de Heras Soto; Ignacio de Heras Soto; Mariana de Heras Soto (b. 1791); Mariana de Heras Soto (b.1809); Tomás López Pimentel; José Antonio López Peña; and José Pimentel y Heras. 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.ms012056 Abad y Queipo, Manuel 1751-1825 Bárcena, Juan Bárcena, Miguel Heras Soto, Mariana de 1791- Heras Soto, Mariana de 1809- Heras Soto, Ignacio de conde de Heras Soto Heras Soto, Sebastian de 1746-1814 or 1815 López Pimentel, Tomás Peña, José Antonio López Pimentel y Heras, José 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 Manufacturing industries Mexico Mortgages Mexico Railroads Mexico Real property Mexico Rent Mexico Right of property Mexico Water rights Mexico Women Mexico Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810 Mexico History Wars of Independence, 1810-1821 Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) History San José de Queréndaro Hacienda (Mexico) mm 97084054 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012056 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012056.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012056 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012056.3 Open to research. DLC 970728 20260227111726.0 mm 97084054