Miguel la Grua Talamanca y Branciforte, de los príncipes de Carini, marqués de Branciforte, grande de España ... virrey, gobernador y capitan general de N. E. : la soberana piedad del Rey nuestro señor ... determinando por real orden de 19 de marzo último que en este reyno se permitiese la libre fábrica y expendio del aguardiente de caña ó chinguirito
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New Spain, Viceroy (1794-1798 : Branciforte) New Spain
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Broadside issued by the viceroy of New Spain communicating regulations concerning the production of aguardiente. Sets forth locations where it is permissible to make this alcoholic beverage, and further stipulates that Mexican made aguardiente must be distringuishable from the Castillian product in two ways: the beverage must be white in color, and it must be transported in flat shaped containers ("de figura chata") called castañas, rather than in the rounded barrels used in Castilla Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Title from caption and first lines of text Main text begins: La soberana piedad del Rey nuestro señor , siempre dispuesta á llenar de beneficios y felicidades á sus amados vasallos, se dignó oir benignamente mis informes puros y súplicas humildes, determinando por real orden de 19 de marzo último que en este reyno se permitiese la libre fábrica y expendio del aguardiente de caña ó chinguirito Text printed in four columns, comprising 45 numbered articles "Dado en México á 9 de diciembre de 1796." [Mexico] :, [publisher not identified],
Type
image
Format
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 81 x 58 cm
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Sources
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb5363372n
Language
Spanish
Subject
Politics and government History Alcoholic beverage industry Sources Mexico Spain
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