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Level of description
File
Title
18th and 19th Century Cuban Manuscript Documents
Date(s)
- 1897 (Creation)
Extent
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Scope and content
An extensive archive of documents consisting of attestations and appointments confirming the "purity of blood" and lineage of Doña María del Carmen de Acosta y Morejón and her deceased husband Don Antonio María de Gordón y López. Archive includes several appointments bearing secretarial signatures of Spanish Royals, as well as lengthy statements on papers stamped with Spanish revenue stamps. Accompanied by color reproduction of an ancestor, Don Clemente Alonso, affixed to linen canvas. The several pages of loose documents deal with Don Clemente Alonso's military career.