urn:taro:utexas.blac.00222 Placido Pastor Accounts Book, 1887-1898 Benson Latin American Collection University of Texas Libraries, 2006 Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, 2006Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Pastor, Placido Placido Pastor Accounts Book 1887-1898 Spanish 32846001 1 volume (492 leaves) Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Invoices and business correspondence of 19th century Mexico City purchasing and shipping agent Placido Pastor. Biographical Sketch

Placido Pastor was a purchasing and shipping agent based in Mexico City in the late nineteenth century.

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Invoices and business correspondence ‪(‬1887-1898‪)‬ of Placido Pastor, a Mexico City purchasing and shipping agent for wheat, corn, sugar, unfermented maguey juice, and brandy from haciendas in the states of Mexico, Puebla, and Morelos. Suppliers frequently invoiced include individuals from the Araoz, Cortina, Espinosa, Fernández, Garcés, Lavie, and Sanz families, who were members of the Compañía Expendedora de Pulques; Juan Pagaza; Joaquín García Icazbalceta; and Luis García Pimentel. As general agent for Octavio Conde, Pastor corresponded at some length with Colonel Manuel Alarcón concerning disputed water rights around Ocuituco and with General Jesús Preciado during negotiations to bring a railway trunk line to Cuernavaca. Pastor's 90 letters contain details of rural politics in the states of Puebla and Morelos, land transactions, and hacienda administration.

Arranged chronologically.

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Cite as: Placido Pastor Accounts Book, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

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Pastor, Placido--Archives Alarcon, Manuel Conde, Octavio García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 García Pimentel, Luis, 1855- Pagaza, Juan Preciado, Jesús H., 1842-1894 Araoz family Cortina family Espinosa family Fernandez family Garcés family Lavie family Sanz family Compañía Expendedora de Pulques Pulque industry--Mexico--History--19th century--Sources Agave products industry--Mexico--19th century--Sources Food supply--Mexico--19th century Haciendas--Mexico--19th century Land use, Rural--Mexico--19th century Water rights--Mexico--Ocuituco Railroads--Mexico--Cuernavaca Mexico (Mexico : State)--History--19th century Puebla (Mexico : State)--History--19th century Morelos (Mexico : State)--History--19th century Box and Folder Inventory Accounts Book 1Placido Pastor Accounts Book, 1887-1898 [492 leaves]