A manuscript from Lima (Ciudad de los Reyes), dated December 10, 1658, concerning a payment of 1100 pesos. Don Joseph Gomez discusses the delivery of this sum to the executor of Inquisitor Don Garcia Martinez Cabesas for the reading of the autos de fe. Gomez states that without the original document, he cannot cancel the registration of readings in Potosí. The manuscript includes signatures and details of the legal proceedings.
Subject: Spanish Colonial Period
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One-page letter written in Spanish by Agustin Diaz from Jesus del Monte, Huixquilucan, Mexico, dated May 2, 1813. The letter discusses the abolition of the Holy Tribunal of the Inquisition in Spain during the reign of Joseph Bonaparte. The accompanying documentation indicates that it is one of the few documents related to the Inquisition in Cuba, referencing a communication from a priest in Jesus del Monte stating the absence of Inquisition records in his church.