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This volume contains documents, depositions, and legal transcripts, all apparently relating to litigation over the usufruct of a chaplaincy and its revenues in the church of San Vicente in Seville, Spain. The manuscript covers the period 1530-1630s, with contemporary notarial copies and some marginalia by a later (18th century?) hand. There are a couple of signatures by a Spanish bishop, some paper seals, and printed forms. The volume also includes some interesting data on the sources and amounts of revenue supporting the chaplaincy. Attached is a small printed book in Latin consisting of commentaries on Aristotle.
mssHM 80970
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This manuscript, whose author is unknown, describes the Spanish expedition to San Diego in the late 18th century. It may be an excerpt from a larger work. In Spanish. Also contains scholar notes (in English) regarding potential authors and details about the expedition.
mssHM 323
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This manuscript is a certified contemporary copy of the will of Juan Bandini, and discusses the disbursement of his assets upon his death. In Spanish. Also includes a typed English translation.
mssHM 26658
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Written by an unknown author, this manuscript contains updates from Cabo de San Lucas and southern California. In Spanish. A & B are both duplicate contemporary copies from the original.
mssHM 4044 (A & B)
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This small group of material contains personal and business papers of Blas Aguilar and members of his family. It consists of correspondence, an untitled poem, a play "Coloquio de los Pastores," an account book, a promissory note, receipts, mortgages, and deeds. There are also baptismal records from the San Juan Capistrano and San Luis Rey missions. All of the items are in Spanish. It deals with San Juan Capistrano, San Diego, and Los Angeles, California. There are a few letters written from Arizona and Nevada.
mssAguilar papers
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This manucript is a facsimile of a one-page double-sided leaf from the baptismal records of the San Carlos Borromeo Mission. The record entries are numbered 920-932, and are dated 1783, December 16-24. Included signatures are Diego de Noboa, Junípero Serra, and Matías Antonio de Santa Catalina. In Spanish.
mssHM 46541