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Addiciones á las noticias contenidas en la descripcion compendiosa de lo descuvierto y conocido de la California ... : manuscript
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Derrotero del Viage...en descubriminento del la Costa Oriental de Californias hasta el Rio Colorado, en donde seacaba su estrecho...: handwritten manuscripts
Manuscripts
These manuscripts describe the route of the voyage of discovery along the east coast of lower California (Baja, Mexico) up to the Colorado River where the gulf ends taken by Konsag in June and July 1746. The voyage was ordered by Cristóbal de Escobar y Llamas, Jesuit Provincial of New Spain. Although the manuscripts have the same title, they are two different manuscripts. HM 1293 is 36 pages and includes a map of the area. HM 1294 is 42 pages and does NOT contain a map. They are in Spanish.
mssHM 1293-1294
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Segunda exploracion de la costa septentrional de Californias: handwritten manuscript
Manuscripts
This account of the 1775 expedition to the Northwest Coast of America is based on the diary of Francisco Antonio Mourelle, pilot of the schooner "Sonora" under the command of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Cuadra. In Spanish.
mssHM 161
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1805-1808. Cuenta de lo erogado en publicar y plantear el subsidio Ec.co en el Cap.l y Abpdo, y en recoxer las Relaciones juradas de la nota adjunta. Guadalajara, Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Puebla de Zaragoza
Manuscripts
The chronologically-arranged documents demonstrate the range of legal, administrative, ecclesiastical, military, and genealogical records initiated by government representatives, lawyers, litigants, clerics, and laypersons from the late sixteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century. The bulk of the records are legal and contractual, including wills, testimonies, inheritance cases, power of attorney contracts, and financial agreements between individuals and/or institutions. Administrative and ecclesiastical records mostly include appoiintments to secular and religious offices as well as some Inquisition and genealogical documents. Military records document pensions, compensations, and other payments made by the Royal Treasury to former military officers. Prominent persons and places of colonial and national Mexico and Guatemala are represented in the collection, such as Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, first count of Revillagigedo and viceroy of New Spain from 1746-1755; Juan Nazario Peimbert, lawyer who proposed the formation of an Indian army in the event of a French invasion in 1809; and Juan Antonio de Vizarrón, Archbishop of Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain from 1734-1740.
HM 71108
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Descripción Geográfica natural y curiosa de la Provincia de Sonora
Manuscripts
This manuscript contains various descriptions of the Mexican province of Sonora, written by Father Juan Nantvig (also spelled Nentuig) during the last half of the 18th century. In Spanish.
mssHM 4267
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San Luis de la Paz. Los Vecinos Comerciantes en el Pueblo de San Luis de La Paz. [Instancia sobre quitar de la Plaza las Cavezas de los Ajusticiados, y ponerlas de Piedra]...y una ynformacion de oficio con Testigos. San Luis de la Paz, New Spain
Manuscripts
Following the above: 1767, Nov. 15. Barreda, Juan Antonio...Testimonio a la letra del auto promulgado por Bando. Attested by Miguel de la Fuente y Risa, Joseph Ibanez Corvera and Juan Antonio Barreda. On p. 15: 1767, Dec. 3 note forwarding this document signed by Barreda. Enclosed in: 1768, Mar. 12. Galvez, Joseph de, Marques de la Sonora to Carlos Francisco de Croix
GA 277
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[1774]. Spain. Coversheet of the Real Cedula de 8 de Julio de 1774 para la recaudación, y destino de las condenaciones, y multas que se impongan por los Tribunales, y Juzgados de Guerra del Exercito, y de Marina, y por los Jueces Ordinarios en las causas de denuncias de Cavalleria del Reyno… Madrid (Spain)
Manuscripts
The chronologically-arranged documents demonstrate the range of legal, administrative, ecclesiastical, military, and genealogical records initiated by government representatives, lawyers, litigants, clerics, and laypersons from the late sixteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century. The bulk of the records are legal and contractual, including wills, testimonies, inheritance cases, power of attorney contracts, and financial agreements between individuals and/or institutions. Administrative and ecclesiastical records mostly include appoiintments to secular and religious offices as well as some Inquisition and genealogical documents. Military records document pensions, compensations, and other payments made by the Royal Treasury to former military officers. Prominent persons and places of colonial and national Mexico and Guatemala are represented in the collection, such as Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, first count of Revillagigedo and viceroy of New Spain from 1746-1755; Juan Nazario Peimbert, lawyer who proposed the formation of an Indian army in the event of a French invasion in 1809; and Juan Antonio de Vizarrón, Archbishop of Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain from 1734-1740.
HM 71089