The silver king : the remarkable life of the Count of Regla in colonial Mexico

The silver king : the remarkable life of the Count of Regla in colonial Mexico /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Couturier, Edith Boorstein, 1929-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Subjects:
Romero de Terreros, Pedro, > conde de Regla, > 1710-1781.
Silver mines and mining > Mexico > Hidalgo (State) > History > 18th century.
Charities > Mexico > History > 18th century.
Businessmen > Mexico > Biography.
Philanthropists > Mexico > Biography.
Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
Hidalgo (Mexico : State) > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Spain in the life of Pedro Terreros, 1710-1730
  • Merchant in Querétaro, 1730-1750
  • Silver miner in Pachuca and Real del Monte, 1741-1766
  • The "honorable men" who worked the mines
  • - Marriage and family, 1756-1766
  • A house for the Count of Regla, 1764-1781
  • Charities, spiritual dimensions of material wealth
  • The final years, 1766-1781
  • Death and its aftermath, 1781-1878.

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