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Semanario político y literario de Méjico
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
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This extensive report of Beleña's work in New Spain includes transcripts of letters to José de Gálvez and Carlos Francisco de Croix, details of the administration of the New Spanish colonies, Beleña's report to the King of Spain, details of expeditions to Monterey, California, and Sonora, information regarding Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries, and the management of tobacco depositories and salt mines. In Spanish.
mssHM 1545
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Kashnor notes, "An important map of California, Texas, and the Western Territories, then included in Mexico, which extended from the southern frontiers of Arkansas and Oregon to the northern boundary of Guatemala." Cartouche: Mexican Eagle. Submap: Roads between Vera Cruz and Mexico City. Tables of distance and population of various states. "M-- 21st, 1828 (bottom neatline)" "Legunlo organizado y definido per las varias actas del Congreso de dicha Republica y construido por las mejores authoridadtes." Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 234/105 Mexico XI J. 19 148960.
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