New SpainTepexi de Rodríguez (México)Francisco Moctezuma, Joaquín de (author)1584-09-07A 1584 legal petition filed by Don Joaquín de Francisco Moctezuma, a landholding cacique in New Spain, against a royal land grant given to Doña Alonça de Sande. The granting of the land grant required legal documentation to prove the lands were uncultivated and free of any other legitimate claims of ownership. Manuscript also includes four hand-painted maps of Santiago Tecali, Tepexic, and its surroundings, including the estates of Santa Maria and Santa Clara, milpas, and the Atoyac River.Publisher not Identifiedutblac:2b033ef2-7050-4c58-a399-3348b2ded4e9Spanishhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Genaro García Collection: Manuscripts110 pagesRight of propertyIndigenous peoples--Social life and customsDerecho de propiedadAutos seguidos en el pueblo de Santa María por los principales naturales de la provincia de Tepexe contra Merced de dos sitios y dos caballerías de tierra otorgada a Da. Alonça de Sandemanuscripts (documents)manuscritoslegal documentsdocumentos legales