Concludes the story and suggests that this might make a libretto. Description of main square with pleasant trees. Few people in town mid-week and the authorities while away their time weaving hats. The judge, chief of police and the federal authorities play cards. Silent at dawn on Sunday...
A romantized description of a day. He awakes to music with streams of Indians coming in to and filling the plaza. They come into town carrying merchandize on tump lines to the sound of music, the women with their 'blouses' inside out. They stop and behind bushes turn their 'blouses', around now h...
The Libros de Hijuelas (deed books, in English) record the state-wide privatisation of indigenous lands in 19th century Michoacán, Mexico. The collection consists of 196 leather-bound volumes containing 45,000 folios dating from 1713‐1941. All the documents pertain to, or are precursors of, the ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Spanish
Date Range:
1713-1941
Extent:
17 series containing 196 files and 96563 TIFF images
The series consists of 9 bound volumes, ordered numerially, of material associated with the district of Apatzingán. Each volume consists of approximately 80-250 folios, bound together into a book. Many individual folios are in poor condition and show some level of deterioration. This series co...
Libro de hijuelas del Distrito de Apatzingán, Núm. 1
Scope & Content:
The book contains information on the sale of Rancho de Colomotitlán, and the steps taken to carry out the land division of Tepalcatepec. It also includes information about Rancho de Chapotita and Rancho del Corongorito. Among other document types, it consists primarily of petitions, corresponden...
Libro de hijuelas del Distrito de Apatzingán, Núm. 2
Scope & Content:
The book contains information on the lease of the lands called "Chapotita"; conflicts in the community of Tepalcatepec; and some information about Puetro de la Mina. It consists primarily of petitions, correspondence, and receipts. The volume consists of 159 folios, which have been bound togeth...
Libro de hijuelas del Distrito de Apatzingán, Núm. 3
Scope & Content:
The book documents the division of assets and granting of property titles to the indigenous people of the community of San Juan de los Plátanos. It consists primarily of title deeds, correspondence, and receipts. The volume consists of 93 folios, which have been bound together and numbered. Th...
Libro de hijuelas del Distrito de Apatzingán, Núm. 4
Scope & Content:
The book documents the division of assets in Santa Ana Tetlama; conflict on boundaries between the community of Acahuato and the "Hacienda de la Huerta"; and measurement of the legal property of Parácuaro. It consists primarily of correspondence and reports. The volume consists of 115 folios w...
Libro de hijuelas del Distrito de Apatzingán, Núm. 5
Scope & Content:
The book contains information on the division of assets in San Juan de los Plátanos and Amatlán; and the allocation and division of land in Tepalcatepec. Among other document types, the volume consists primarily of communiques, correspondence, petitions, and receipts. The volume consists of 165...