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  1. Reales cédulas, cartas y informes

    Antonio de los Reyes (1729-1787) was a Spanish Franciscan and consecrated consecrated as the first Bishop of Sonora, Sinaloa, and the two Californias in 1782. The collection includes photocopies of typed transcriptions. Some are royal orders from 1784 ...

    castanoe - 2021-11-01 16:35

  2. Noticia a la Visita General de Padre Ignacio Lizasoain…

    Holograph inventory of the missions throughout the provinces of California, Sonora, Tarahumara, Chinipas and Nayarit. Lizasoaín was appointed Jesuit Visitador General in 1761. Included materials: Manuscript Subject Area: Religion Mexico Mexican Collection ...

    castanoe - 2021-11-01 16:38

  3. Noticia

    The one volume contains a census of people, as well as an inventory of goods for some of the missions. The provinces of Baja California, Sonora, Tarahumara, Nayarit, and the former Chinipas are represented; missions of southern Arizona are included within ...

    castanoe - 2021-11-01 16:40

  4. Relación de las misiones que la compania tiene en el Reyno y Provincias de la Nueva Vizcaya en la Nueva Espana

    Juan Ortiz Zapata was a Jesuit Visitador to the missions in northern Mexico in 1678. This collection contains a photocopy of the Spanish transcription and English translation of the original documents of Zapata’s missions in Reyno and provinces of New ...

    castanoe - 2022-04-13 17:36

  5. Jacobo Sedelmayr letters and reports

    Letters and reports, from Sedelmayr to Christóbal de Escobar y Llamas, Juan Antonio Balthassar, Philipp Segesser, and Andrés Xavier García, relating to conditions in Pimeria Alta at the missions and surrounding areas. Includes reports on explorations to ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-25 14:24

  6. Report of an Exploration, Written at Mission Dolores, Pimeria A

    The collection contains holograph reports of an expedition made by Eusebio Francisco Kino, a Jesuit missionary, and Father Antonio Leal into southwestern Arizona, known at the time as Pimeria Alta, in 1699. Includes extensive description of the geography, ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-25 17:02

  7. Documents Relating to Missions in Pimeria Alta

    The collection contains two holograph documents concerning supplies for either Mission Guevavi or San Xavier del Bac: a 1733 letter of transmittal for a supply request from Ignacio Xavier Keller, and a 1734 list of supplies needed from Felipe Segesser, ...

    castanoe - 2022-08-01 11:22

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