Content: Despatch referring to the problems and disruptions caused by elections among the Indians. Deals specifically with the case of the town of Xochimilco, in which two "half castes," Miguel Galicia and his son, Antonio Abad, who claimed to be Indians, were elected to the position of governor. According to the law of 1687, the governors of Indian towns and areas had to be "pure" 100% Indian, however, due to the fact that Spaniards, blacks, mulattoes, and mestizos were all living in Indian towns, these sort of electoral problems were becoming commonplace. The decree seeks the arrest of Antonio Abad for sedition, and to prohibit Miguel Galicia or others from influencing the natives to vote for their candidate.

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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18401028
Archives ID: 22005
Archives EAD ID: 3197863
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0451e170-dfaf-0132-d9eb-58d385a7bbd0

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Elections in Indian Towns - Mexico" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1789. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0451e170-dfaf-0132-d9eb-58d385a7bbd0

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1789). Elections in Indian Towns - Mexico Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0451e170-dfaf-0132-d9eb-58d385a7bbd0

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