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Atatepec Land Claim

Location: Latin American Library Rare
Call Number: 972.02 (333.2) A862

Atatepec, Morelos. Mexico, 1549. Manuscript on amate paper.
Petition to recover a tract of land from the Marqués (Martín Cortés).

Painting of disputed property and tribute from the pueblo of Atatepec (HMAI 183); related to similar documents in the litigation between Martín Cortés and Indians of the Marquesado del Valle over restitution of lands and rents. (HMAI 160).

Petition of Atatepec

Abbreviations

HMAI = Handbook of Middle American Indians Census. Text adapted from M.B. Robertson, Mexican Indian Manuscript Painting , 1991.

 

   
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