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Naselli family papers, 1351-1924.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 788 Folders 161-288, 527-529, 538-539
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Naselli family.
- Language:
- Italian
- Latin
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Morso family.
- Aragon family.
- Alliata family.
- Galletti family.
- Branciforte family.
- Del Carretto family.
- Burgio family.
- Burgio, Antonio.
- Burgio, Luigi.
- Naselli, Beatrice.
- Naselli, Pericono.
- Naselli, Gaspare.
- Naselli, Melchiora.
- Naselli, Luigi Onofrio.
- Naselli, Laura.
- Naselli, Camilla.
- Naselli, Maria Teresa.
- Naselli, Margherita.
- Naselli, Michele.
- Naselli, Aurora.
- Naselli, Vittoria.
- Naselli, Giovanni.
- Naselli, Emanuele.
- Naselli, Francesco.
- Naselli, Eleonora.
- Naselli, Giovanni Battista.
- Catholic Church.
- Inheritance and succession--Italy.
- Inheritance and succession.
- Slavery.
- History.
- Slave trade.
- Church and state.
- Tax collection.
- Trials.
- Taxation.
- Mining leases.
- Sulfur mines and mining.
- Monasticism and religious orders for women.
- Privileges and immunities.
- House furnishings.
- Guardian and ward.
- Farm life.
- Farm management.
- Italy.
- Farm management--Italy.
- Farm life--Italy--Sicily--History.
- Guardian and ward--Italy--Sicily.
- House furnishings--Italy--Sicily.
- Privileges and immunities--Italy--Sicily.
- Monasticism and religious orders for women--Italy--Sicily--History.
- Sulfur mines and mining--Italy.
- Mining leases--Italy.
- Taxation--Italy--Sicily.
- Trials--Italy.
- Tax collection--Italy--Sicily.
- Church and state--Italy--Sicily.
- Slave trade--Italy--Sicily--History.
- Slavery--Italy--Sicily--History.
- Caprera Island (Italy).
- Gibellina (Italy)--History.
- Gibellina (Italy).
- Comiso (Italy).
- Modica (Italy).
- Racalmuto (Italy).
- Agrigento (Italy).
- Castellammare di Stabia (Italy).
- SS. Salvatore (Monastery : Palermo, Italy).
- Chiesa di San Pietro al Carmine (Syracuse, Italy).
- Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Siracusa (Italy).
- Italy--Sicily.
- Genre:
- wills
- death certificates
- maps (documents)
- legal documents
- financial records
- notarial documents
- land grants
- inventories
- accounts
- receipts (financial records)
- genealogical tables
- genealogies (histories)
- Manuscripts, Latin.
- Manuscripts, Italian.
- Manuscripts, Spanish.
- Manuscripts, Renaissance.
- Manuscripts, European.
- Physical Description:
- 8 boxes (133 folders)
- Contained In:
- Villafiorita Ducal Records. Folders 161-288, 527-529, 538-539
- Place of Publication:
- 1351-1924.
- Language Note:
- In Italian, Latin, and Spanish.
- Summary:
- Collection of documents pertaining to the Naselli of Sicily. They lived in Sicily as well as in other areas of the Kingdom of Naples thanks to strong relationships with the Spanish crown, from which they received many privileges and land grants over the centuries. They were also connected with several other local aristocratic families (especially the Morso, the Alliata, the Galletti, the Carretto, the Branciforte, and the Aragon), through marriage. More than half the documents are family records, and they include marriage records and dowries; guardianship records; documents describing the circumstances that lead some female members of the family to become nuns; and death certificates, wills, and related inventories. In certain cases, especially for larger and more complex wills or dowries, accounts and receipts are also present. Other items in the Naselli family papers include notarial and financial documents (pertaining to sales, purchases, and tax collection); legal documents (including some records of trials, especially for the misuse or misappropriation of land and sulfur mines in the Racalmuto area, important source of income for the local aristocrats); and correspondence, both private, between family members, and official, related to tax collection, finance management, and local politics (including communication with clergymen in Palermo, Syracuse, and other Sicilian dioceses). A document pertaining to the emancipation of an African slave, dated 1820, is also present. Various stamps, perhaps indicating the payment of the customary governmental stamp tax to issue official documents, appear on numerous items; they are the same as or similar to stamps on other documents in the Villafiorita Ducal Records. Most of the items are manuscript (both on paper and on parchment), but printed material is also present. Additional private correspondence, genealogical documents, and maps of the Racalmuto mines are stored separately in the Oversize series.
- Cited in:
- Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 227 (Ms. Lea 397, Nos. 30-53).
- OCLC:
- 689072168
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