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Preferred Citation

Juan Tomás Mejía Letter with Estate Inventory, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Content Description

A six page letter including a preliminary estate inventory from Juan Tomás Mejía, a Dominican friar. In the letter, Mejía requests that he be granted a license to make an official inventory of the estate of his late sister, María de Buitrón y Mujica, who owned property in Mexico City, as well as in Guanajuato. Included in the preliminary inventory are the names and ages of three people enslaved, Magdalena, Petrona, and Nicolás.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Real estate management
• Slavery -- Latin America -- History