Sale agreement for a lot in colonial New Spain
date: label: Date
content: January 19, 1682
name: label: Subject of
content: Diego Basquez
label: Subject of
content: María de la Cruz
label: Subject of
content: Miguel de Valiura
label: Subject of
content: Juan Días de Rivera
label: Signed by
content: Miguel Garcia Ragasso
notes: label: Description
content: A four page Spanish language manuscript handwritten in ink describing the sale of a lot in colonial New Spain’s Cuidad de Los Ángeles (today Puebla, Mexico). The first and third page are numbered in the upper right corner. The first and fourth page are stamped with two seals in the upper left corner and three lines of printed text as the heading. The fourth page is blank and there is minor wear around the pages.
label: Description
content: In the document, Diego Basquez sells the lot to María de la Cruz, a widowed indigenous woman, for 35 common gold pesos (currency). The lot was measured to be 309 varas in length and 15 varas in width (~258.3 meters by ~12.5 meters/ ~847.4 feet by ~41 feet). The document is dated January 19, 1682 and signed by the notary Miguel Garcia Ragosso.
place: label: Place made
content: Puebla, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Guanajuato, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Santiago, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Spanish colonialism
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.26.14.4
objectType: label: Type
content: documents
label: Type
content: legal documents
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 12 5/16 × 8 1/2 in. (31.2 × 21.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 12 5/16 × 16 3/4 in. (31.2 × 42.5 cm)