http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
Have a look at this search engine for one of a kind Manuscripts. Also
look at a search database called Archives USA.
Just as an example i did the OCLC simple search and got the following
entrie amoug many many for the words: "Zacatecas" and "Jalisco."
don't know where this one is but looks very very interesting:
Author: Magallanes, José Yrineo.
Title: Family papers, 1776-1901.
Description: 57 folders.
Notes: Papers of José Yrineo Magallanes and his sons,
Mariano, Francisco and Juan, relating to the sale,
inheritance, or transfer of lands and estates mainly in
Tlaltenango and Jérez, province of Zacatecas, Mexico.
In Spanish.
Subjects: Land tenure -- Mexico -- Zacutecas (Province)
Control No.: ocm25865776
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Author: Sánchez, Prisciliano, 1783-1826.
Title: Prisciliano Sánchez collection, 1822-1851 (bulk
1825-1827).
Description: 330 leaves.
Found In: Genaro García Collection.
Notes: Forms part of: Genaro García Collection.
Lawyer, businessman, political leader, legislator
and governor. Born 1783 in Ahuacatlán, Nueva Galicia
(present state of Nayarit), died 1826 in Guadalajara,
Jalisco, Mexico. Prisciliano Sánchez received a law degree
in 1810. As a businessman in Compostela, he gained popularity
as a local political leader. In 1822 he was elected deputy to
the first national congress, in 1823 to the first constituent
congress, and in 1824 to the first legislature of the state
of Jalisco. In 1825 Sánchez became the first constitutional
governor of Jalisco. In 1826, while still governor, Sánchez
died of an illness resulting from an injury to his hand.
Printed material, correspondence, financial and
legal documents, reports, notes, and assorted materials
relating to Prisciliano Sánchez' political career, his
death, and his last will and testament. García manuscripts
G422 and G422-1 through G422-6 consist of materials
concerning Sánchez' career in government, including
broadsides, nine booklets and pamphlets, proclamations, notes
about legislative sessions and other matters, a letter book,
and a communication to the provincial military concerning
law, politics, and government in the Mexican state of Jalisco
from 1822 to 1826. G422-7 contains reports on an Indian
rebellion in 1825. G426 comprises Sanchez' will, an inventory
of his belongings, financial documents pertaining to the
disposal of his possessions and payment of expenses, decrees
relating to the mourning of his death, funeral prayers and
eulogies, official letters of condolence, and other official
and legal documents pertaining to his death and will.
García, Genaro, Heirs of; purchase; 1921.
Castañeda, Carlos E. and Jack Autrey Dabbs,
eds., Guide to the Latin American manuscripts in the
University of Texas Library. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard
University Press, 1939.
Also available on microfilm, Benson Latin
American Collection.
Prisciliano Sánchez Collection, 1822-1851,
Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries,
University of Texas at Austin.
Subjects: Sánchez, Prisciliano, 1783-1826 -- Archives.
Jalisco (Mexico : State) -- History --
1821-1861.
Jalisco (Mexico : State) -- Politics and
government -- 1821-1861.
Other authors: García, Genaro, 1867-1920, collector.
Control No.: ocm31795819
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