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Reglamento para el govierno que ha de observarse en el alumbrado de las Calles de Mexico
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The two letters, which concern administrative deals for New Spanish colonies, are numbered 218 and 857, and are both dated 1793, April 30. In Spanish.
mssHM 4107-4108
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Manuscripts
Manuscript made by order of the Count de Rivella Gigedo, Viceroy of Mexico, containing the secret instructions received by the Viceroy from the King and Council of the Indies, as to the government of Mexico.
mssHM 228
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This manuscript is an English translation of a letter from the Conde de Revillagigedo to the Duque de Alcudia, dated 1793, April 12, outlining various details related to the exploration of California and other regions of New Spain. The translation was done in 1898, April 22, and is signed by Francisco de Thoma, the translator. Pages 1 and 3 are missing.
mssHM 296
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Manuscripts
Originated in Sonora and promulgated in Chihauhua on November 14, 1789, Pitic (now Hermosillo), a new settlement under the protection of the Presidio of San Miguel de Orcasitas was ordered to proceed in accordance to the directions contained in the plan. Transcribed and signed by Juan Gasiot y Miralles, 14 Noviembre 1789.
mssHM 4104
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Rare Books
Text in Nahuatl and Spanish in parallel columns, set in roman and italic type respectively. Colophon: A gloria y honra de Dios nuestro señor y dela siempre virgen Sancta Maria su madre y señora nuestra, fenesce la Doctrina Christiana muy digna de ser sabida que compuso en lengua Mexicana y Castellana el muy reuerendo Padre Fray Iuan de la Anunciacion sub prior de Sant Augustin destra ciudad. En Mexico en casa de Pedro Balli. 1575. Woodcut ill. of St. Augustine on t.p. and repeated full page illustration of the saint with his congregation on the verso of leaf S3. Full page woodcut coat of arms of the dedicatee, don Martin Enriquez, on t.p. verso. Numerous errors in pagination. Signatures: [cross]⁶ A-S⁸ T². Leaf K2 missigned as A2. Final p. blank. Errata on p. [2]-[3] at end.
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