Notarial archives of the villa of Medellín carried out in the year 1700. Most of the documents were signed by an town magistrate or another delegate in the absence of the notary public Juan de Alzate. Contains wills, deeds of manumission, general powers of attorney, pledges of debts, deeds of sale and purchase of lands, dowry deeds, surety bonds, deeds of sale and purchase of enslaved individuals, deed of rescission of the will, deed of conveyance of an enslaved individual, attachment order, among others. It should be noted that a large part of this volume is comprised of pledges on debts and deeds of sale and purchase of enslaved individuals who were sold in the villa of Medellín by the representatives of Toribio de la Torre y Casso, a householder of the villa of Santa Cruz de Mompox.
Protocolos notariales de la villa de Medellín efectuados en el año 1700. La mayoría de los documentos fueron firmados por un alcalde ordinario u otro delegado en ausencia del escribano público Juan de Alzate. Contiene testamentos, carta de libertad, poderes generales, aseguros de deuda, escrituras de compraventa de tierras, cartas de dote, escrituras de fianza, escrituras de compraventa de personas esclavizadas, escritura de anulación de testamento, escritura de traspaso de un esclavizado, auto de aprehensión, entre otros. Es preciso señalar que gran parte de este volumen está compuesto por aseguros de deuda y escrituras de compraventa de esclavizados que fueron vendidos en la villa de Medellín por los apoderados de Toribio de la Torre y Casso, vecino de la villa de Santa Cruz de Mompox.
Extent: 82 paper folios.
Condition of original material: Regular state of preservation. The spine is in poor condition and separated, with a paper reinforcement on the inside front and back covers. Some pages are torn and stained. There is a missing folio 8, and folio 34r is blank. Folio 40 possesses a tear on the upper right, and folio 41 has a tear on the lower right. Folios 53 to 58 bear stains on the lower right margin.
Scribe(s): José Cataño Ponce de León; Juan Zapata y Múnera; Lucas Javier de Betancur; Tomás Iborra Gil y Bernabé.
Original institution reference: Co.AHA/Escribanos_1700.
Related places: Colombia, Medellín, Buga, Sopetrán, Muzo, Remedios, Rionegro, Itagüí, Mompox, Tunja, Bogotá
