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Bill of Sale

1722 to 1784
MS 145
Digital Collection
Collection Guide

Gabriel Antonio de Vildósola purchased the Santa Barbara Ranch from Nicolás Romero, son of Diego Romero, the year before the Pima uprising, a coordinated attack on Spanish missions and settlements was carried out by O'odham dissenters

The collection contains a bill of sale, dated October 28, 1756, at Real Presidio de Santa Rosa de Corodehuachi de Fronteras. The Santa Barbara estate was sold by Gabriel Antonio de Vildosola to Maria Rosa Bessera Nieto, with endorsements by Gabriel Antonio de Vildosola, Joseph Antonio de Vildosola, and Juan Baptista de Anza.

 

Included materials:
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Law & Legal Issues
Business
Mexican
Collection Area:
Borderlands

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.