MATERIAL: Paper
TYPE: Manuscript
DIMENSIONS: 30 cm in black ink.
COMPONENTS: 12 page manuscript in black ink in official sealed paper.
CONDITION: Very good condition.
ITEM ID: 3671
Mexican Colonial Blood Purity Document
DATE
Year: 1809
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
Notes: 1809-1815
Mexican Colonial Blood Purity of Doña Maria Josefa Carrillo and his daughter Maria Ignacia Gomez de la Puente y CarrilloBlood purity from Valladolid, now called Morelia, in the State of Michoacan (Valladolid, Michoacan . The document consists of signed depositions of witnesses that declare that the woman in question descend from pure blood Spaniards that emigrated to the New Spain and that they are completely free of any “mala raza” (impure breed). With signatures of the approvals of the government officers in the last pages.
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