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[Announcements from Viceroy Venegas]

Description: Announcement from Viceroy Venegas saying there is a ten percent tax to be put on renting houses, plus other regulations regarding renting homes, buildings, etc. At the end of the document there is a response from Juan Juanicotena from February 18, 1813.
Date: 1812-02~

[Copy of an Order from Viceroy Venegas]

Description: Copy of an order from Viceroy Venegas saying that all gold and silver, except specified items, are to be turned over to the government. The document is signed by José Ignacio Negreino, and dated January 30, 1812; it is also signed by Juan Fermín de Juanicotena, and dated June 27, 1812.
Date: 1812-06~

[Document with Decrees Promulgated by the Cortes de Cádiz]

Description: List of decrees promulgated by the Cortes de Cádiz during the year 1812 up to October 27. The decrees are listed out in chronological order and cover many topics: use the royal standard; negroes may be admitted to schools and ecclesiastical studies; employees cease to be so when the job is declared finished; a town in given the title of "noble and loyal city"; and hanging is replaced by strangling for criminals sentenced to death.
Date: 1812-10~

[Form Sent from Juan Fermín de Juanicotena]

Description: Form sent from Juan Fermín de Juanicotena showing how to make financial reports on taxes on renting of houses. The document contains a partially filled out example chart and more explanation text; there is a list of towns on the left side of the back side of the document showing where this is to be sent.
Date: 1812-09~

[Four Documents from Juan Fermín Juanicotena to Alcaldes]

Description: Four documents from Juan Fermín Juanicotena to alcaldes with different announcements, requests, etc. The first is a message saying that money minted in Zacatecas and Coahuila is valid, followed by a public announcement of the same message sent to various towns and villas in Mexico. The third document concerns two wanted army deserters, and gives a description of both; the last document is a request to send leather jackets asked for by the governor.
Date: 1812-21~

[Two Messages to Governor Antonio Cordero y Bustamante]

Description: Two Messages from Miguel Sánchez Navarro Palau to Governor Antonio Cordero y Bustamante concerning the process of two men guilty of robbing the parish priest of Laredo. The first document contains a list of questions, and is signed in various places by local authorities; the second document from Palau is signed by Cordero and dated January 31, 1812.
Date: 1812-01~
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