(MEXICO--MANUSCRIPTS.) Estate and property documents of the Juan Antonio Canales family of Mier. 50 manuscript leaves, most about 12 x 8½ inches; moderate wear, some rebacking, a few tape repairs, dampstaining to the earliest documents. Mier and Monterrey, 1763-1850 These papers relate to the prominent Canales family in Mier, Nuevo Santander / Tamaulipas, just across the present border of Texas about 50 miles south of Laredo. Includes: Inventories of the property of Juan Antonio Canales: 3 leaves, 1763-1768, over his signature; 5 leaves, Monterrey, 25 February 1774; and 3 leaves, Mier, 31 July 1788.
Packet on Juan Antonio Canales of Mier, 7 leaves, 16 December 1788.
Estate of Juan Antonio Canales. 6 leaves. Monterrey, 4 April 1793.
Packet on the estate of Josefa Lopez de Jaens (or Haens) of Mier, leaves numbered 2 to 27, February 1850.
Provenance: housed in repurposed circa late-1920s envelopes addressed to St. Augustine's Church and School in Laredo, TX, with docketing contemporary to that period. Recently purchased from a collector in Texas.