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  1. Asuntos de misiones de Sonora: gobierno eclesiastico, gobierno civil

    Photocopies of typed transcriptions of 76 documents concerned with the political and religious interactions in the Pimería Alta, during the dissolution of the Franciscan mission system. Various civil authorities signed the documents from offices in ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-22 10:52

  2. Papeles relativos a los Jesuitas en Baja California y otras regiones septentrionales de la Nueva España

    One volume of typed transcriptions of 14 reports, 1686-1793. They discuss the geographical relation of the missions to towns and other missions, the priests who previously served at them, the building of the churches, the number of people in the area, and ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-22 10:54

  3. Tarahumarisches Wörterbuch: nebst einigen Nachrichten von den Sitten und Gebräuchen der Tarahumaren, in Neu-Biscaya, in der Audiencia Guadalajara im vice-Königreiche Alt-Mexiko oder Neu Spanien

    The one volume contains both a German-Tarahumara dictionary, and a Tarahumara-German dictionary. Steffel annotated some of the entries. The end section contains general phrases that he says are derived in format from those of Herr Bacmeister, St. ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-22 10:55

  4. An account of the Tarahumara missions: and a description of the tribe of the Tarahumaras and of their country

    Photocopy of typed translation of Ratkay's 1683 report to religious officials back in Austria, written from the Carachic Mission. Most of the 69-page account describes the customs and beliefs of the Tarahumara Indians, but the last section contains ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-22 10:56

  5. Cartas y Informes

    Photocopies of typed transcripts of documents relating to Antonio de los Reyes. The letters date from 1768 to 1769, when he first went to the Santos Reyes Mission at Cucurbe. ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-22 10:57

  6. Cartas y Informes

    Collection includes photocopies of typed transcriptions of 37 letters from Padre Jesús Manual Aguirre to Padre Provincial Francisco Ceballos. All but two of the letters are sent from Bocadéhuachi; they are reports from the period when Aguirre was serving ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-22 10:57

  7. Cartas y Informes

    Photocopies of typed transcriptions of three letters and reports, 1839-1841, from Father Faustino Gonzáles, Father Antonio Flores, and Father José María Pérez Llera. Addressees are the Sonoran Governor Manuel María Gándara, and an unnamed Mexican Minister ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-22 10:58

  8. Cartas y informes de Mariano Antonio de Buena y Alcalde

    Photocopies of typed transcriptions of five letters written by Father Mariano Antonio de Buena y Alcalde, at the Tubutama Mission, 1768- 1769. They are written to the Guardian Father Sebastián Flores, and other unnamed officials, at the Querétaro College, ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-22 10:59

  9. Carta al Virrey Conde de Revillagigedo

    Photocopy of typed transcription of a letter report that Francisco Antonio Barbastro wrote to the Viceroy Count de Revillagigedo, from the Aconchi Mission, and completed on Dec. 1, 1793. It discusses conditions in Sonora: the geography, the missions and ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-22 11:18

  10. Cédula de Retiro, Jan

    One printed form completed in manuscript. The army discharge is for Manuel Paredes, first Provincial head of the Columa de Granaderos. It is signed by Jose Moran with his title "El Marq. de Vivanco," and dated January 22, 1825. An engraving of ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-22 11:46

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