Testament from Teotitlán del Valle, 1716

About the Testament

This is the last will and testament of Alfonso Martínez from Teotitlán del Valle. The document was written by Juan Vásquez. It was translated into Spanish in 1797 by Pedro Vicente.

The contemporaneous Spanish translation of this document is available on Ticha here.

The physical document is housed at the Archivo Histórico de Tlacolula de Matamoros Oaxaca, Mexico (Caja 5 Justicia 1720-1780, Justica 1797 Deligencias A, 2r-2v).

Metadata

Title Testament from Teotitlán del Valle, 1716

Scribe Juan Vásquez

Document Type Testament

Archive Archivo Histórico de Tlacolula de Matamoros Oaxaca, Mexico

Call Number Caja 5 Justicia 1720-1780, Justica 1797 Deligencias A

Acknowledgements Thanks to the 2015 Ayuntamiento de Tlacolula for arranging the consultation of the Municipal Historical Archive. Archival work funded by a 2015 grant to Lillehaugen from the American Philosophical Society. Support for morphological analysis and translation of this document was provided to Lillehaugen through fellowships from the NEH (AY 2015-2016) and the ACLS (2016). Lillehaugen is grateful for the support and must note that all opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Date Digitized May 6, 2015

Year 1979

Date May 11

Town (Short) Teotitlán del Valle

Pages 2r-2v

Town (Modern Official) Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico

Primary Parties Alfonso Martínez (testator)

Witnesses Juan Pérez Pancho (governador), Matheo Pérez (alcalde), Sebastián Ángel (alcalde)

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