Don Juan de Acuña, marques de Casafuerte, cavallero del Orden de Santiago, comendador de Adelfa, en la de Alcantara del consejo de su Magestad, en el Supremo de Guerra, capitan general de los exercitos, virrey governador, y capitan general de esta Nueva-España, y presidente de la real audiencia de ella &c. : Por quanto la detestable malicia de muchos indignos, y desalmados hombres ... han estendido por todo el Reyno, muchos abominables generos de bebidas
Creator
Acuña, Juan de, marqués de Casafuerte, 1658-1734 New Spain, Viceroy (1722-1734 : Acuña)
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Proclamation by the Viceroy of New Spain restricting the sale of certain alcoholic drinks due to their wide-spread abuse, causing "robberies, sacrileges, homicides, hostilities, nefarious and incestuous illegal activities." The text cites various types of aguardiente (e.g. Sangres de Conejo), also mezcal, vino de coco, mistela contrahechas, and ololinque (or ololiuhqui) - a drink made by mixing the seeds of the Turbina corymbosa with mezcal). Other banned beverages: tepache, guarapo, and vinguie. Punishments for those that fail to follow the regulation are specified Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Text Explicit: V. Exc. prohibe el vsso de todo genero de bebidas contrahechas, y para ello dà las providencias que contiene este despacho, debajo de las penas que incluye, y para que lo practìque el . Dated at end: Mexico, y diziembre veinte y tres de mil setecientos veinte y quatro años Title from caption and beginning of text Printed on fiscal paper [Mexico] :, [publisher not identified]
Type
text
Format
1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 32 x 22 cm, on sheet 32 x 44 cm
Form/Genre
Sources History
Language
Spanish; Castilian
Subject
Distilling, Illicit Alcoholic beverages Eighteenth century Sources History Mexico New Spain Mexico City (Mexico)
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