Manuscripts

Galvez, Joseph de, Marques de la Sonora...Dos Autos y Testimonio

Description: The collection consists of letters, documents, and one map (all in Spanish) which are papers assembled in 1794 for the Conde de Revilla Gigedo. It consists mostly of official correspondence (1765-72) between Gálvez and the successive viceroys of Mexico. They deal with the organization of the expeditions sent to San Diego and Monterey to occupy California, the efforts to enlarge the frontiers of New Spain and subdue the Indians in Sonora and Sinaloa, and the removal of the Jesuit missionaries from Lower California
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1771, Oct. 12, 30, and 31
Call number: GA 680
Creator: Gálvez, José de (1720-1787)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

Galvez, Joseph de, Marques de la Sonora. Auto provedio por el

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, documents, and one map (all in Spanish) which are papers assembled in 1794 for the Conde de Revilla Gigedo. It consists mostly of official correspondence (1765-72) between Gálvez and the successive viceroys of Mexico. They deal with the organization of the expeditions sent to San Diego and Monterey to occupy California, the efforts to enlarge the frontiers of New Spain and subdue the Indians in Sonora and Sinaloa, and the removal of the Jesuit missionaries from Lower California

GA 446

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