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Title
Isabel Pérez de Arteaga deposition
Type
Text
http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Manuscript
Monograph
Language
Spanish
Classification
LCC: Kislak MS 219
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Content
text
Note
Language: In Spanish.
Summary
Depositions in notarial hand related to Pérez de Arteaga's claim of encomienda rights as the legitimate daughter and first child of Juan Pérez de Arteaga, a captain of Cortés, and his wife Angelina Pérez, with witness depositions by early settlers of New Spain. Document pertaining to the claim of Pérez de Arteaga, a Mexican woman. The widow of Diego Román, she was born and married in Puebla and then moved to Mexico City. In her widowhood she appeals for assistance from the King in her claim to an encomienda (Guatinchan) given to her father by Charles V. Supporting depositions are from Alvaro Cáceres, Agustín López, and three others. Juan Pérez de Arteaga reportedly was the first Spaniard to learn the Aztec language.
Origin Date(s)
1597 Oct. 3-27
Authorized Access Point
Pérez de Arteaga, Isabel Isabel Pérez de Arteaga deposition