Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 343

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICO.) Inventory of Jesuit property in Veracruz, compiled at the time of their expulsion. Manuscript, 17 x 21 1/2 inches on two conjoined sheets, bearing the certification and signature of Antonio Mendez as secretary of the commission; some ink burns along the heavy ruled border, generally in strong condition. Veracruz, 14 June 1769

Additional Details

An early transcript of a 22 July 1767 inventory titled "Estado que manifiesta las Casas que posee el Colegio de la Compañia de Jesus de esta Ciudad." It lists the houses in Veracruz that had been owned by the recently expelled Jesuits, their tenants, the rent paid, and the length of their leases. An extensive section of notes gives the acquisition history of each property.