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Some letters of Father Joseph Neumann S. J., Missionary to the heathen Tarahumara: together with his Historia Seditionum.

1648 to 1732
MS 211
Collection Guide
Abandonment and Re-establishment of the Missions, circa 1700

Father Joseph Newman, 1648-1732, was a Jesuit missionary whose works were collected by Dr. Herbert E. Bolton, translated by Dr. M.L. Reynolds and edited with an introduction by Allan Christelow.

This collection includes typescript, translation of letters concerning Neumann's work among the Tarahumaran Indians in Chihuahua, Mexico. Includes history of the rebellions.

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

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