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Table I:

Occupations of Medellín’s Cabildo Officers, 1780-1810.

	Office	Miner		Merchant		Miner-Merchant		Other		All Officers		Total Percent Miners-Merchants on Cabildo
	Office	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Total Percent Miners-Merchants on Cabildo
Permanent officers	Regidor	4	11	16	46	10	29	5	14	35	100	86
Annual officers	Alcalde primero	5	20	7	28	9	36	4	16	25	100	84
	Alcalde segundo	9	35	7	27	8	31	2	7	26	100	93
	Procurador general	7	27	11	42	5	19	3	12	26	100	88
	Procurador de menores	5	21	7	29	4	17	8	33	24	100	67
	Santa Hermandad	10	21	5	11	7	15	25	53	47	100	47
Total annual officers		36	24	37	25	33	22	42	29	148	100	71
Total cabildo officers		40	22	53	29	43	24	47	25	183	100	75

	Office	Miner		Merchant		Miner-Merchant		Other		All Officers		Total Percent Miners-Merchants on Cabildo
	Office	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Total Percent Miners-Merchants on Cabildo
Permanent officers	Regidor	4	11	16	46	10	29	5	14	35	100	86
Annual officers	Alcalde primero	5	20	7	28	9	36	4	16	25	100	84
	Alcalde segundo	9	35	7	27	8	31	2	7	26	100	93
	Procurador general	7	27	11	42	5	19	3	12	26	100	88
	Procurador de menores	5	21	7	29	4	17	8	33	24	100	67
	Santa Hermandad	10	21	5	11	7	15	25	53	47	100	47
Total annual officers		36	24	37	25	33	22	42	29	148	100	71
Total cabildo officers		40	22	53	29	43	24	47	25	183	100	75

Sources: Fundición records, see footnote ⁸; Medellín merchant registers, see footnote 11; cabildo minutes, see footnote 6; house-to-house censuses, see footnote 7.

Percentages rounded.