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Receipt by three officials of Casa de la Contratación of Seville acknowledging paymentt by Diego Hernandez de Barcelona, 1528.

Script style: "Cortesana" or court-like style. Date and place: December 16, 1528, Seville. Contents: Officials of Casa de la Contratación acknowledge having received goods sent by a royal judge from La Española who collected them from Diego Hernández de Barcelona as partial payment of Hernández's debt with the Crown. Other goods were received from same individual to be applied against a debt he incurred in as guarantor of a Juan Hernández who owed it to the Crown. Authors: Pedro Suárez and Juan de Aranda, certified by treasurer Juan de Segovia. Source: Archivo General de Indias, Justicia, 12, núm. 1, ramo 2.

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