MEXICO MANUSCRIPT Confirmation of arms and nobility in fa

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(MEXICO--MANUSCRIPT.) Confirmation of arms and nobility in favor of the Hernández Solórzano family. Hand-painted coat of arms,. 2-75 manuscript leaves. Folio, 12 x 8¼ inches, modern ¼ calf; apparently lacking a title page and perhaps closing leaves, minor dampstaining and wear, last leaf mounted on a stub. Puebla, 15 May 1715

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A series of royal decrees and supporting documentation, also known as a "cédula real de pureza de sangre" or "purity of blood," confirming the nobility and privileges of Antonio Basilio de Arteaga y Solárzano of Puebla. Includes family history going back to the original 1542 grant of arms to his great-great-great-grandfather Captain Alonso Hernández Solórzano as a conquistador in Santo Domingo, Jamaica, Panama, and Quito.

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