Christopher Columbus family collection

Manuscripts on paper, in multiple scribal and notarial hands, relating to the descendants of Christopher Columbus, particularly the grants and privileges originally awarded to Columbus, as well other portions of the family's inheritance. Many of the documents are notarial copies of the original grants to Christopher Columbus by the Spanish crown. The title of each item is recorded as found on the cover of the document; all items are written on paper. The folio count does not, for the most part, include outer wrappers or blank leaves, but rather leaves with text. Many of the items consist of a series of documents, sometimes stitched together, often with half-leaves and/or letters bound or laid in.