(MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS) Contracts for silk production between

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(MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS.) Contracts for silk production between Diego de Guinea (aide to Hernan Cortes) and Indian chiefs. 3 manuscript pages, 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, on one folding sheet, signed by Alonso Maldonado and Juan de Astroqui, with docketing on the final blank; minor dampstaining and wear along folds. With complete transcript. Antequera, Oaxaca, 8 April 1542

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Includes the text of two similar contracts executed on the same date by Diego de Guinea: with "don Martin e Juan e Fabían, yndios" of the town of "Guaxaca" (Oaxaca), and with "Domingo, cacique del pueblo de Cuylapan" (Cuilapan in Oaxaca), regarding the production of silk, then a growing industry in Mexico before the arrival of cheaper competition from China.