Kenneth Roby Mexican documents collection

The first and second series in this collection contain various decrees, public announcements, and orders written between 1788 and 1824. These documents summarize certain events that occurred at the end of Spanish control in Mexico, the Mexican War of Independence and the beginning of the First Mexican Empire. The decrees and orders in this collection are written by important Viceroys of New Spain, Captain Generals, Intendants, Political Chiefs of Puebla and México, and officials from the Ministry of Finance and Relations. The third and fourth series contain the bulk of the material in this collection. These documents, written between 1824 and 1857, summarize certain events that occurred during the early phase of the Mexican Republic, Santa Anna’s political domination and Mexican- American War. The decrees and orders in this collection are written by Presidents, Governors, Advisers, Prefects, Superior Court Officials, and secretaries from Puebla and Mexico. There are also decrees and orders written by officials from the Ministry of War and Navy, Finance, Foreign Relations, Interior, and Justice, and by Captain Generals and Political Chiefs from Tlaxcala and Tlapa territories in Mexico. The fifth series in this collection contain various decrees, public announcements, and orders written between 1863 and 1864.These documents summarize certain events that occurred in Mexico during the political intervention of Emperor Maximilian I and the French. The decrees and orders in this collection are written by Advisers, Secretaries, and Prefects in Puebla; as well as, some French Military Officers. The sixth series in this collection contains various decrees, public announcements, and orders written between 1907 and 1917. These documents summarize certain events that occurred in Mexico before and after the Mexican Revolution. This series contains the Constitution of 1917, Mexican State laws, and decrees in State Newspapers from Sinaloa and Sonora. Lastly, the seventh series in this collection contains various decrees, laws, public announcements, and orders written between 1884 and 1917. These documents follow Spanish and English colonial periods in Mexico, Cuba, and Dominica.