This constitutes an exceptional gathering of documentation on civic matters, government activities, and ecclesiastical presence in daily life in a vast geographic area during the late Hapsburg and throughout the Bourbon reigns. It is an important collection for social history, church-state relations, indigenous peoples, economic history, legal processes, religious orders, and church administration. Inclusion of printed broadsides around the time of Independence and extending into the 1820s provides important primary printed sources to complement the manuscripts. This collection includes over 3,000 dossiers.
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