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1. Diario, de las ultimas peregrinaciones del Padre Fr. Francisco Garcés, hasta la provincia del Moqui, y noticias de varias nuevas naciones exparcidas hasta el Rio Colorado en California

   Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo Garcés (1738-1781) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary, explorer of the Southwest United States, and priest at San Xavier del Bac, near Tucson, AZ, beginning in 1768. Eighteenth century manuscript copy of Padre Francisco ...

   castanoe - 2020-08-26 10:12

2. Marriage Records

   Holograph record of three marriages performed by Father Pedro Font at Mission San Xavier del Bac on October 26, 1775. ...

   castanoe - 2020-08-31 10:36

3. Breve explicacion de las Facultades concedidas por Yllmo. Senor a los Curars, y Vicarios de esta Diocesis: y resolucion de las dificultades, que pueden ocurrir en la practica

   Single manuscript that contains instructions to the priests and curates of the diocese, explaining in detail the faculties newly conferred on them by their bishop or archbishop. Four faculties relating to the Sacrament of Penance are defined, in catechism ...

   castanoe - 2020-10-12 11:15

4. Letter of Jose Romero

   Jose Romero was a Lieutenant Colonel in Sonora, Mexico and was leader of the 1823-1826 expeditions to establish an inland route between Sonora and California. The collection contains a photocopy of a letter to Mariana de Urrea, Comandante General de ...

   castanoe - 2020-10-30 11:11

5. Emilio Kosterlitzky Papers

   Correspondence, photographs, biographical materials, clippings, official commissions and citations, chiefly concerning his service record and military activities. ...

   castanoe - 2021-06-07 15:28

6. Instruction reservada del Rno. De N.E.: que el Exmo. Sor Conde de Revillagigedo dio a su subceso el Exmo. Sor Marques de Branciforto

   Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo was the 2nd Count de Revillagigedo, and a Spanish military officer and 52nd viceroy of New Spain from October 17, 1789 to July 11, 1794. The collection comprises a manuscript of secret ...

   castanoe - 2021-06-16 15:59

7. La voz de la sangre paisajes y leyendas del distrito de Altar

   Carmela Reyna de León was a Mexican author who witnessed the Mexican Revolution. The collection includes a photocopy of a typescript compilation of legends and historic accounts, as told to Carmela Reyna de León by her family and friends living in the ...

   castanoe - 2021-06-18 11:39

8. Franciscan Reports

   Photocopies of typed transcriptions of 20 letters and reports from Franciscans regarding Sinaloan and Sonoran missions. Addressees include Commissioner General Ugarte y Loyola, Bishop Granados, Viceroy Conde de Gálvez, and Viceroy Manuel Antonio Flores. ...

   castanoe - 2021-07-16 09:39

9. Acta

   A two-page manuscript, dated July 21, 1823, the Act of Mexican Congress orders the political and ecclesiastical reorganization of the Provincias Internas de Occidente. Sonora and Sinaloa remain divided; the old Spanish province of Nueva Vizcaya will form ...

   castanoe - 2021-07-16 11:48

10. Informes desde Culiacán y Sinaloa

    Diego Martinez de Hurdaide (1568-1628) was the Mexican-born captain of the presidio of San Felipe from 1598 to 1626, and was in charge of the extension of Spanish and Christian rule in Sinaloa and Sonora. He served as Alcalde Mayor  of Sinaloa from 1600 ...

    castanoe - 2021-10-05 14:30

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