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Cartas y Informes

1768 to 1816
MS 231
Collection Guide

Photocopies of typed transcriptions of 13 letters and reports written by missionaries in Pimería Alta, Sonora, and Chihuahua, from 1768 to 1816. Some letters are addressed to their superiors at Querétaro; others are to include Captain Juan Bautiste de Anza, Governor Juan Claudio de Pineda, and Father President Juan Crisóstomo Gil de Bernabé.

Included materials:
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Religion
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Mexican
Collection Area:
Borderlands

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