{"product_id":"1769-spanish-colonial-venezuela-land-treasury-documents-coro","title":"1769–1771 Spanish Colonial Venezuela Land \u0026 Royal Treasury Archive — Coro \u0026 San Sebastián","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExceptional Three-Year Spanish Colonial Land-Composition Archive — Original Manuscripts from Venezuela\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn important group of original \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18th-century Spanish colonial manuscripts dating from 1769 through 1771\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, documenting land transactions, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecomposición de tierras\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, public auctions, valuations and payments to the Spanish Royal Treasury in colonial Venezuela.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, these documents provide a remarkable three-year documentary record of the administration and financial regulation of land under Spanish colonial authority.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe earlier documents, dating to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1769\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, repeatedly reference the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ejurisdiction of the city of Coro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Venezuela, and contain detailed financial and legal entries concerning land, payments in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003epesos and reales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and proceedings conducted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“en pública almoneda”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—by public auction. The manuscripts identify \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDon Manuel de Salas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in connection with the Treasury and repeatedly mention \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJuan Domingo Fernández\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and other colonial officials.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe accompanying documents from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1770–1771\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e continue the same type of colonial administrative activity and specifically concern the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecomposición de tierras\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the jurisdiction of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSan Sebastián de los Reyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They record land valuations, measurements, Treasury payments, royal charges and legal proceedings associated with the formal recognition and regularization of land possession.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParticularly important is the recurring appearance of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDon Manuel de Salas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, identified as a Treasury official, together with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJuan Domingo Fernández\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Their repeated signatures and endorsements provide a direct connection between the individual manuscripts and the colonial administrative machinery responsible for collecting Crown revenues and processing land claims.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComposición de Tierras\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe term \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“composición de tierras”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e refers to an important institution of Spanish colonial land administration. Through this process, possession or occupation of land could be formally regularized through a payment to the Crown. The resulting proceedings could include examination of the claimant's possession, measurement and valuation of the property, public-auction procedures, legal review and payment of associated Treasury charges.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese manuscripts therefore document much more than ordinary financial transactions: they provide original evidence of how the Spanish Crown \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eadministered land and extracted revenue from its Venezuelan territories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the decades immediately preceding the independence movements of Spanish America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eManuel de Salas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe repeated appearance of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eManuel de Salas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an especially interesting feature of the archive. He should \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003enot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e be confused with the better-known Chilean intellectual and patriot \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eManuel de Salas Corvalán (1754–1841)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The Manuel de Salas appearing in these manuscripts was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecolonial Venezuelan Treasury official\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, whose name and signature occur repeatedly in these financial and land proceedings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistorical Scope\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe combined archive covers:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1769\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — Colonial land and Treasury proceedings associated with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e jurisdiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1770–1771\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — Continuing land-composition and Royal Treasury proceedings associated with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSan Sebastián de los Reyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, including land valuations, public-auction references and payments to the Crown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe survival of these documents together offers an unusually tangible view of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpanish Venezuela before independence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, when colonial officials were still administering land, collecting royal revenues and recording transactions in the traditional Spanish legal and financial system.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDates:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1769–1771\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlace:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Spanish Colonial Venezuela\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJurisdictions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Coro and San Sebastián de los Reyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubject:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Composición de tierras, land transactions, public auctions and Royal Treasury accounts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNamed officials:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Don Manuel de Salas; Juan Domingo Fernández and others\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pesos and reales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Spanish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Original 18th-century manuscript documents on period paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Poor to Fair antique condition. The manuscripts exhibit extensive insect damage, numerous holes and losses, staining, fold separations, edge deterioration and old repairs. 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