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Traslado a la letra de las constituciones de las Archicofradía
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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
These two manuscripts are excerpts from Bernal's diaries regarding the general conditions of the missions of Santo Tomas, San Vicente, San Pedro, San Fernando, and Santo Domingo. HM 16562 is dated 1796, February 19 - March 22, and HM 16563 is dated 1796, April 23 - May 22. In Spanish.
mssHM 16562-16563
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This manuscript documents the receipt of loaned funds from the Archicofradía del Santo Sacramento de la Catedral. Co-authored by Juan Felix Goyoneche. In Spanish.
mssHM 19396
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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
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Paper; ff. i (modern) + 71 + ii (1 contemporary, 1 modern); Vol. 1: 1-5¹² 6¹²(-12); 290 x 210 (220-232 x 105-110) mm. Written in the hand of the author. Catchwords enclosed in brown ink scrolls in the middle or right lower margins. Leaf signatures in roman numerals in the middle of the lower margin; quire and leaf signatures in a later hand in letters and arabic numerals, frequently including the seventh leaf of a quire, in the right lower margin close under the text. 32-38 long lines; vertical bounding lines ruled in dry point. The manuscript was written probably in Santo Domingo between 1539-46 and completed in Spain in 1546-48: the dates given in the text are March 1539, in Book IV, chap. 7 and 1548 in the prologue of Book VI. Illustrated with 24 pen and ink drawings by the author, a few shaded in black lead. Marginal notes in 3 hands: i, the author's corrections, additions and directions to the printer; ii, note on f. 49 of vol. 1 made after 1580; iii, pencilled notes in English in vol. 2 with the book numbers, probably made by a bookseller. Contents: [Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés] Historia general y natural de las Indias. Spanish. In vol. 1, Book VI: Este es el libro que Capitan Gonzalo Fernandez Fiço de la Natural y General Hystoria de las Indias ... [f. 1, Prologue:] Poco tiene que hazer ... [f. 2v, Text:] Capitulo primero del libro ... Bivian los Indios del esta ysla de hayti ... no deve ser sin misterio y secreto de la natura el qual yo no alcanço. Fin del presente libro.
mssHM 177
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The collection consists of letters and documents in one bound volume regarding the outfitting of Pedro Alberni's expedition at San Blas, Mexico (in 1789 and 1790), the occupation of his troops at Nootka, and their return to San Blas in 1792. Persons represented in the collection include: Pedro de Alberni (16 letters), Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (10 letters), Manuel Antonio Flores (8 letters), Pedro Gorostiza (8 letters), Juan Vicente de Guemes Pacheco, Conde de Revillagigedo (63 letters), Francisco Hijosa (7 letters), Antonio Villaurrutia y Salcedo (17 letters), Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola (5 letters).
mssHM 327
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The collection consists of letters and documents in one bound volume regarding the outfitting of Pedro Alberni's expedition at San Blas, Mexico (in 1789 and 1790), the occupation of his troops at Nootka, and their return to San Blas in 1792. Persons represented in the collection include: Pedro de Alberni (16 letters), Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (10 letters), Manuel Antonio Flores (8 letters), Pedro Gorostiza (8 letters), Juan Vicente de Guemes Pacheco, Conde de Revillagigedo (63 letters), Francisco Hijosa (7 letters), Antonio Villaurrutia y Salcedo (17 letters), Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola (5 letters).
mssHM 327