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

• 1724

• Acuña, Juan de, marqués de Casafuerte, 1658-1734
• New Spain, Viceroy (1722-1734 : Acuña)

• New Spain, Viceroy (1722-1734 : Acuña)

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 32 x 22 cm, on sheet 32 x 44 cm

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Dated at end: Mexico, y diziembre veinte y tres de mil setecientos veinte y quatro años

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 .

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• Mexico
• Mexico City (Mexico)
• New Spain

• History
• Sources

• Alcoholic beverages
• Distilling, Illicit
• Eighteenth century

• text

• Spanish; Castilian

[Mexico] :, [publisher not identified]

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