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Pedro Mesa receipt to José Noriega

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    José García letter to José Noriega

    Manuscripts

    This letter is a receipt for six pesos in silver, to be applied to the account of Bernando Soto. In Spanish.

    mssHM 31535

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    Pedro Fages letters to José Joaquín de Arrillaga

    Manuscripts

    These two letters are from Pedro Fages to de Arrillaga, who served as governor of California after Fages. HM 16580 is dated 1783, November 14, and is a request for payment. HM 16581 is dated 1785, July 1, and concerns punishment for troops that mistreat native women. In Spanish.

    mssHM 16580-16581

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    José Manuel Ruiz letter to Felipe de Goycoechea

    Manuscripts

    In this letter, Ruiz acknowledges receipt of a promotion for José Maria Gonzalez, a fellow soldier. in Spanish.

    mssHM 16592

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    Receipt concerning merchandise

    Manuscripts

    This manuscript is a receipt for clothing and supplies purchased by Edwin Bryant from William A. Leidesdorff, intended for Indians. Colonel Frémont's account is to be charged.

    mssHM 544

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    William C. Mead receipt to Ananias Pond

    Manuscripts

    This manuscript is a receipt of payment for "One Sett Team Harness" for a total of $37.50.

    mssHM 19387

  • Relación del descubrimiento y conquista de los reinos del Peru : [manuscript]

    Relación del descubrimiento y conquista de los reinos del Peru : [manuscript]

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    This is Pizarro's account of his experience during the Spanish conquest of Peru. In Spanish. ff. iv, 1-166v. [Pedro Pizarro] Relación del descubrimiento y conquista del Perú. Incipit: Muchos son catolico y clementissimo principe los que an escripto las cosas De estos vuestros rreynos Del Peru. Explicit: Y asi ba aqui todo lo que ba escripto con toda berdad acabose esta escriptura Año de mil y quinientos y setenta y un años a siete dias del mes de hebrero. Rubric: Relación Del descubrimiento y conquista De los Reinos del piru y Del govierno y horden que los naturales tenian y tesoros que En ellos se hallaron y de las demas cosas que en el an çubçedido hasta el Dia De su fecha. Spanish. G. Lohmann Villena, ed., Relación del descubrimiento y conquista del Perú, by Pedro Pizarro (Lima 1978) published from this manuscript which is described on pp. xxxvii-xxxviii; see also M. Fernández de Navarrete, Colección de documentos inéditos para la historia de España (Madrid 1844) 5:201-388, an edition of the 32-chapter version published from the manuscript of Martínez del Villar.

    mssHM 167