Manuscripts

Copia posdata y noticias

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Description: This set of three manuscripts describes de Gálvez' expeditions to California, Sonora, Nueva Vizcaya, and Monterey, and his illness and return to Mexico City. HM 4054 is dated 1769, December 21 to 1770, March 31; HM 4055 is dated 1770, November 25. HM 4056 is dated circa 1770. In Spanish.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1769-approximately 1770.
Call number: mssHM 4054-4056
Creator: Gálvez, José de (1720-1787)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Brannan Collection.
Dimensions: 30 cm :

Documents relating to New Spain

Manuscripts

In HM 4058, de Gálvez discusses military relations and the prospects of farming in Sonora. Dated 1771, July 20 - August 30. HM 4059 is a list of expenses for the exploration of New Spain, dated 1773, September 20. HM 4060 concerns an upcoming visit of the Inspector General, dated 1773, September 20. In Spanish.

mssHM 4058-4060

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Proclamations

Manuscripts

HM 4046 (dated May 8) proposes an armistice between Spain and rebelling Indians in Sonora and Sinaloa, and offers the Indians amnesty. HM 4047 (dated June 17) is a four-part proclamation, and concerns royal warehouses, freightage aboard ships, the annual fair at Guymas, and the mining and sale of salt. In Spanish.

mssHM 4046-4047

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José Dario Argüello letters to Gabriel Moraga, Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo, and Macario Castro

Manuscripts

These letters discuss various aspects of Argüello's duties. HM 26186 is to Gabriel Moraga, and dated 1794, August 20. HM 26187 is to Gabriel Moraga, dated 1796, May 20. HM 26188 is to Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo, and is dated 1799, November 28. HM 26189 is addressed to Macario Castro, and dated 1805, April 26. In Spanish.

mssHM 26186-26189

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Arce y Arroyo, Juan Antonio de. Mexico, New Spain

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, documents, and one map (all in Spanish) which are papers assembled in 1794 for the Conde de Revilla Gigedo. It consists mostly of official correspondence (1765-72) between Gálvez and the successive viceroys of Mexico. They deal with the organization of the expeditions sent to San Diego and Monterey to occupy California, the efforts to enlarge the frontiers of New Spain and subdue the Indians in Sonora and Sinaloa, and the removal of the Jesuit missionaries from Lower California

GA 697

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Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa letters to Felipe Barri and Felipe de Neve

Manuscripts

This set of four letters deals with various aspects of administration of the Spanish colonies of New Spain, including the missions. HM 16573 and HM 16574 (which also contain photograph facsimiles) are addressed to Felipe Barri, and dated November 30, 1771 and June 4, 1772. HM 16575 and HM 16576 are addressed to Felipe de Neve, and dated November 12, 1774 and March 26, 1776. In Spanish.

mssHM 16573-16576

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Galvez, Joseph de, Marques de la Sonora...Dos Autos y Testimonio

Manuscripts

GA 680

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