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Manuscripts
This manuscript is a list of statues concerning the Convent of Santo Domingo in Mexico City. It is dated 1790, October 30, and is signed by Juan Francisco Venitez Frigueros, Foribio Fernandez de Cozgaya, and Miguel de Luna Mantilla. In Spanish.
mssHM 16282
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Juan Claudio de Pineda reports to the marqués details of expeditions. In Spanish.
mssHM 4040
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Appoints Juan de Rucauado as "Discoverer of the Mines of Spain" after his actions as Inspector of the Spanish mines, at great personal risk to himself, in the service of the King of Spain.
mssHM 1567
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Letter from Father Juan Comapla to Dona Isabel del Valle asking for the date of "the anniversary" and stating that he will only be able to bring a singer, but that the children should make up the difference. In Spanish. Includes handwritten English translation.
mssHM 72991
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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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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