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Sinaloa Jesuit Reports

1610 to 1627
MS 217
Collection Guide
Sinaloa Jesuit Reports Table of Contents

Photocopies of typed transcriptions of 32 reports and letters, 1610 to 1623 or 1627. Nine of them are signed by Captain Diego Martínez de Hurdaide; another is a "traslado," signed by Hurdaide, of a letter from Padre Rector Cristóbal de Villalta to Padre Tomás Bacilio, 1622. The other documents are unsigned. Named addressees include Visitor Padre Hernando de Villafañe, Marqués de Salinas, Provincial Padre [Juan] Laurencio, and Oidor Chaves. Unnamed addressees are the commander, the viceroy, the governor, the president, the "contador," the treasurer, and the bishop.

Included materials:
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Religion
Mexico
Mexican
Collection Area:
Borderlands

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