Placido Pastor Accounts Book
Scope and Contents Note
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1887-1898
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Sketch
Placido Pastor was a purchasing and shipping agent based in Mexico City in the late nineteenth century.
Full Extent
1 volume (492 leaves)
Abstract
Invoices and business correspondence of 19th century Mexico City purchasing and shipping agent Placido Pastor.
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Topical
- Agave products industry--Mexico--19th century--Sources
- Food supply--Mexico--19th century
- Haciendas--Mexico--19th century
- Land use, Rural--Mexico--19th century
- Mexico (Mexico: State)--History--19th century
- Morelos (Mexico: State)--History--19th century
- Pastor, Placido--Archives
- Puebla (Mexico: State)--History--19th century
- Pulque industry--Mexico--History--19th century--Sources
- Railroads--Mexico--Cuernavaca
- Water rights--Mexico--Ocuituco
- Title
- Placido Pastor Accounts Book
- Status
- Edited Partial Draft
- Author
- Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 June: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu