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Miscellaneous documents
# Date Description # of pgs. 101-1 1539 Letter from Álvaro de Guijo re: planting coconuts in the New World 1 108 1550-60 Unpublished essays by FG. Juan Focher ( in Latin?) 298 115 1546 Coat of Arms of Juan Ochoa de Lexalde Large sheet 126 1512 Letter from son of Christopher Columbus to Cardinal Cisneros 3 127 1520? Letter from Diego Colon, son of the Admiral, to the king 5 128 1555? Letter from Fr. Bartolomé de las Casas 2 129 1520? Holographic letter of Fr. Bartolomé de las Casas 4 141-2 1569 ? 2 141-3 1569 ? 4 208 ? Five stanzas of poetry; no author given 1 210 1678 Family tree of Juan Tirado and descendants. Earliest document 95 here copied dates 12 Abr 1527 214 169_ Clarification of title….(page damage) 2 231 1776 Improvements made on an hacienda by Don Juan José de Aspeitia 4 236 1780 Family trees, coats of arms, etc., of the Cendoya, Arizabeleta, 62 Jauregui and Goya families 248-3 1793 Report concerning a hurricane which scattered a French fleet 4 262 1799 Concerning matters of common interest for all America 80 266 1808-16 Concerning the shipwreck of the boat General Villavicencio near 118 Vera Cruz 268 1829 Letter from Manuel C. y Arviru (?) to Don Julián Moreno 4 275 No dates Fragments of pages
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INQUISITION
# Date Description # of pgs. 1 1573-1600 “First Book of Votes” cases of the Inquisition 566 2 1585-1632 Invest. of the purity of faith/Gregorio Romano & Doña Margarita 630 de Loyola 3 1597 Trial of Fr. Bartolomé de Salvatierra 80 4 1594-5 Trial of Juan Babello…impersonating a minister of the Inquisition 114 5 1598-1605 Trial of Diego Díaz Nieto…Laws of Moses 224 6 1595-98 Trial of Diego López…Laws of Moses 250 7 1584-1619 Testimonies and other documents relating to the genealogy of 272 Martín de Agurto & his wife Doña Sancha de Agurto 8 1585- Investigation of purity of faith…Francisco Lopez de Mendoza 62 9 1600-01 Trial of Guillermo Enríquez…heresy 114 12 1602-04 Investigation …purity of faith of Francisco Alonso de Pedraza and 82 wife Doña Isabel de Aguilar 15 1603-05 Trial of Gonzalo Unquera …adherence to dogma of Catholicism 160 16 1606-07 Trial of Fr. Alonso Sotelo, expelled from the Franciscan 262 order..”grave crimes” …administering sacraments w/out credentials 17 1586-1615 Investigation … Purity of faith of Juan de Landa 302 22 1608-09 Trial of Gonzalo de la Rossa, cleric accused of obstructing orders of 76 the inquisition 24 1616-17 Investigation of genealogy & family…Cristóbal de Pedraza 86 25 1619-21 Trial of Leonardo Pardo…heresy 198 26 1618-1620 Trial of Joseph Reinaldos …heresy 88 27-1 1622 Trial of Ana de San Francisco for revelations concerning the 115 salvation of certain dead persons 27-2 1623 Trial of Bernardo Fernández for practicing astrology 68 28 1622 Trial of Pedro Bernal…accomplice in theft…impersonating an 50 officer of the Inquisition 29 1624-32 Register of cases & sentences for this period; @ 200 cases 638 30 1629 Trial of certain friars who interrupted a mass and mistreated the 34 priest saying the mass 32 1634-37 Trial of Simón López, alias Marcos del Valle…Judaism 388 33 1637-48 Trial of Gaspar de Alfar, Alias, Gaspar de los Reyes…forging priestly 638 credentials 34 1645-49 Trial of Doña Clara de Silva, Jewess, who died before judgement; 72 body was disinterred & burned 35 1642-47 Trial of Juan Mendez de Villaviciosa…observing the laws of Moses 456 36 1642-49 Trial of Enrique Fernández…laws of Moses 362 37 1642-50 Trial of Juan Duarte de Espinosa …laws of Moses 158 38 1642-49 Trial of Duarte de Leon Jaramillo…laws of Moses 430 39 1643-46 Trial of Antonio Ballejo (Artillero) …assuming role of a priest after 132 being expelled from the Franciscan order Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 2
40 1642-67 Trial of Duarte Rodriguez…laws of Moses 224 41 1647-48 Trial of Clara Nuñez…laws of Moses 140 42 1647-48 Trial of Ana Nuñez…laws of Moses 102 50 1696-1705 Application of Juan de Haro for position of familiar of the 186 Inquisition 53 1785-89 Trial of Paulina Josefa Labran for failure to follow church 240 dogma…verbal insults toward the saints 54 1788-92 Application of Don Joseph Bernardo de Abasolo for position of 78 notary familiar of the Inquisition 55 1797-1799 Trial of Fr. Juan Francisco Ramírez de Arellano for questions 502 regarding authority of the church 56 1782-1811 Trial of Don Jose Manuel Ybargoyen, tobacco accountant (auditor) 250 for questions regarding the authority of the church 48 1668-1672 Trial of Catalina Cornejo…giving cult to the devil 400 72 1597-1601 Trial of Simon Payba, deceased, …law of Moses 244 73-1 1643 Petition of Fr. Álvaro de Figueroa to be Qualifactor 114 73-2 1609-1667 Petition of D. Joseph Pérez de Zúñiga for commissioner of the 82 Inquisition 74 1806 Letter from Joseph Maria Velasco of Quatla Amilpas, denouncing 18 an un-named man; and letter of Inquisitor official to Prior of religious house at QA instructing him to investigate 75 1648-49 Trial of Juan de Arauxo,…law of Moses 42 76 1595-96 Trial of Gaspar de Benavides, uttering words against the Warden of 42 the Inquisition 77 1590-91 Investigation of the purity of faith of Diego de Cepeda and wife 128 Doña Inés de Alauer 78 1598 Investigation of things which Francisco de Valdés is saying about 100 the Inquisition 269 1829 Letter to determine if help will be afforded to defend the Law of 1 God 270 1830 List of persons held prisoner as conspirators against the supreme 5 powers
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CIVIL/GOVERNMENT MATTERS
63-1 1813 Two letters & one picture of José María Morelos 2 63-2 1814 Commission of Morelos to Captain José Ytarcos Ursúa 2 63-3 ? Portrait of Morelos 1 64 1811 Letter from Hidalgo to serve as passport for José Vicente Masa to 2 collect horses & mules 68-1 1790 Instructions from Viceroy Revillagigedo re: price of nutri skins 3 68-2 1793 Letter from Viceroy Revillagigedo to the Provincial of the Order of 4 Santo Domingo, for payment to Fr. Miguel Hidalgo of 200 pesos for cost of journey from San Blas 69 1635 Appointment of Francisco de Orandein, of Guadalajara to 2 accountant & treasurer 101-3 1522-24 Accounts of Diego de Soto, royal treasurer in Mexico, 1522-24 3 (1571) 104-3 1538 Report of weighing of gold from mines of Mora-Pasada and 7 division into 13 squads for shipment 118 1562 Order for building a bridge on the Rio del Yngenio 2 119-1 1551 Receipt signed by Don Tristán de Arellano to Diego de Alcala for 2 1,350 gold pesos from Tehuantepec 125 1557-98 Title of the farm property of Alonso de Sn. Vicente 40 132 1535 Letter from Hernando de Soto granting power of attorney to 3 Hernán Ponce de León, Capt. 131-1 1788 Letter from Don Francisco Cerdá y Rico explain delay in finishing 2 the copying of manuscripts contained in the group below 133 1543 Letter of title to property, from Don Antonio de Mendoza to 1 Cristóbal Hernández. Lawsuit against Antonio de Nava for trespassing 135 1560 Bill of sale from Don Fernando de Portugal, Treasurer General, and 15 his wife Doña Madalena de Villegas, to Alonso Gonzalez of two sitios for a cattle ranch 136 ? (1561?) Order requiring Don Antonio de Mendoza to pay the tithe despite 2 the fact that he is a Knight of the Order of Santiago 137-1 1563 Grant by Viceroy Don Luis de Velasco of a sitio for a cattle ranch to 1 Antonio de Nava 137-2 1565 Bill of sale by Antonio de Nava to Juan de Mesa of a sitio of land 4 for a cattle ranch 138-1 1565 Grant by the President and Oidores of the Real Audiencia of a 1 grant of land to Juan Rodriguez Gamarra 138-2 ? Report of Antonio del Aguila, scribe of his Majesty, concerning the 1 location of a grant to Juan Rodriguez Gamarra 145 1573 Letter from Don Martín Enriquez, Viceroy, re: plot of land granted 1 to Alonso González 151 1580 Letter from Don Martín Enríquez, Viceroy, granting Inés de 1 Valencia a plot of ground Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 4
138-3 1565 Bill of sale by Juan Rodriguez Gamarra to Juan Bautista de 5 Figueroa of a sitio of land 139 1568 Grant by Don Gaston de Peralta, Viceroy, of a sitio of land for 1 cattle ranch to Don Fernando de Portugal 155 --81(1614) Testimony of the titles, grants, etc. of the sugar mills and lands of 3 San Pedro Martyr Casasano 159 1586 Guardianship of Francisca de Sierra, minor, entrusted to Alonso de 10 Heredia 160-2 ? Request by Ana Carrillo, widow of Juan de Vega, that she be 1 allowed 1900 pesos gold for living expenses, which is the amount of the dowry which she had brought to the marriage 163 1586 Guardianship of Agustín and Beatriz Péres, minors, entrusted to 9 Alonso Pérez 164 1586 Will, inventory, and auction of the goods of Catalina de Aliso, 30 deceased wife of Alonso Martínez 165-1 1587 Sale by Don Antonio de Arellano to Diego García de Herrera of 7 1050 fanegas of corn (1 fanega = 1. 58 bu.) 170-1 1590 Grant by Don Luis de Velasco, Viceroy, of a plot of land to 1 Jerónimo de Herrera 170-2 1590 Transfer of title of land from Gerónimo Baeza de Herrera to 2 Francisco López 170 1591 Grant of a plot of land by Don Luis de Velasco, Viceroy, to Diego 2 Velázquez 171 1591-1706 A series of grants & titles to lands, issued between 1591-1706 119 173 1592 Grant by Don Luis de Velasco, Viceroy, of a piece of land to Alonso 2 de Galeote Carvajal 175-1 1594 Request for transcripts of documents proving his possession to 5 certain lands owned by Marquez de Amaulla 175-2 1594 Request for transcript of documents proving his possession to 1 certain lands owned by Marquez de Amaulla 175-2 1595 Grant (donation) of land to the Company of Jesus 84 178 1598 Grant made to Dr. Alonso de la Mota, Bishop of New Galacia 1 179 1599 Statement of balance of money due from Francisco Centeno to 14 Juan Velasquez de Salazar, for the sale of lands to the former 180-1 1599? Petition of Catalina de Zaldívar that she be released from prison, 1 for she has no funds wherewith to pay the costs of the scribe 182 1600 Suit filed by Juan de Monrroy against Pedro de Valdéz for having 20 killed many cows against the ordinances 183 1600? Last will & testament of Domingo de Morales 10 189 1605 Grant from Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna of eight plots of land to 1 Don Alonso de Oñate 190 1605 Grant by Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna to Martín López de Gauna 2 of four plots of land 191 1606 Grant by Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna to Don Alonso de Oñate of 1 a ranch and 8 plots of land 193 1608 Order from Don Luis de Velasco, Viceroy, that Sebastián Díaz not 1 make use of lands sold him, until further orders Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 5
194 1609-10 Grant of four lots of land by Juan Turrado to the Company of Jesus 6 195-1 1611 Grant of land to Capt. Sebastián de Barreda 2 195-2 1615 Grant of above land by Sebastían de Barreda to the Company of 8 Jesus 197-1 1613 Agreement to repay loan of 500 pesos gold to Catalina de 69 Benavides, by Juan Muñoz 197-2 1616-18 Suit filed against Juan Muñoz de Benavides concerning 565 pesos 121 which he owes 198 1615 Suit to clarify rights of minor children of Alonso de Molina and to 14 declare the heirs 199 1618 Suit to determine titles and confirmations in Mexico City 7 201 1621 Order restraining anyone from interfering w/ the conversion of a 1 sugar mill into a water-run mill 202 1622 Public notice of sale of lands near Capuzalco 25 203 1637 Notice of creditors of Don Miguel de Viguiola, deceased, to submit 11 claims 204 1637 Transcript of a document written by Fr. Thomas Basilio to Dr. 8 Geronimo de Sierra, Judge 205 1640(?) Request from Juan de Molina for legal documents concerning the 1 release of Luis Antonio, debtor, from prison 207-1 1645 Confirmation to Don García Valdés Osorio of grant to put guards 2 on the woods of Chiconaguapa 207-2 1645 Confirmation to Don García Valdés Osorio of permission to kill old 2 and useless cattle for the sustenance of the people 209 1665 Grants, with boundaries, of lands of El Serro, of the community of 28 Las Peñas. W/ drawings as maps, showing boundaries, etc. 212 1691 Last will & testament of Don Sebastían de Vargas Maldonado y 16 Zúñiga 213 1691 Request for confirmation of title to certain lands in the Pueblo of 3 Quatla de las Amilpas 216 1696 Inspection of the sugar mill and area of San Joseph by Miguel 2 García de Palacios 221 1708(1790) Title of Salvatierra concerning discrepancies in the bequests of 92 Don Juan de Luyando y Bermeo and his brothers 222 1715 Notice of mortgage(?) on sugar mill now owned by Don Domingo 4 de Bustamente 223 1729(1730) Request from Don Manuel de Agesta for the vacant position of 11 General Depositor of the City of Mexico 230 1773 Censuses taken in 1771 & 1772 of Guastepeque 3 232-2 1828 (for Titles for several towns, copied from the originals 12 the year 1537) 235 1780 Several letters re: imposition of certain taxes for the prosecution 39 of the war with England 239 1783 Acknowledgement of receipt concerning founding or orphanages 9 in Guadalajara 247-1 1787 Notification of appointment of Don Manuel Antonio de Flores as 2 Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 6
Viceroy 247-2 1787 Letter from Don Antonio de Flores to the Bishop of Guadalajara, 1 Fr. Antonio 247-3 1787 Letter which Fr. Antonio, Bishop of Guadalajara, states that he will 2 obey the royal disposition 248-1 1789? On whether or not a company, when dividing, incurs sales tax 23 248-2 1792 On whether or not a sales tax is due in the dissolution of 29 companies 249 1789 Printed matter plus letters re: the establishment of cemeteries 3 outside of towns 250-1 1789 Letter re: the operation of the Royal hospital General of 3 Guadalajara 250-2 1789 Letter re: the operation of the Royal hospital General of 4 Guadalajara 255 1791 From Don Josef Ramón Matheos re: the holding of meetings of the 3 religious orders, etc., without there being present a royal minister 261 1793-96 Fiscal investigation re: the military laws 74 263 1800 Testimony in suit between the Province of San Alberto of the 78 Carmelite Religious and Count de la Cortina, about lands 264 1787-1802 Concerning the proper authority of the Sub-Superintendant of the 42 Indies 265 1802 Request for special zeal in payment of certain taxes due to the 2 condition of the crown finances arising from the war 271 1830 Request that Don Carlos Espinosa de los Monterrey be dismissed 4 from his position 273 1854 Letter of appointment from Antonio López de Santa Anna to a 1 commission to delimit between the United States and Mexico 274 1857? Two articles already approved in the Constitution 1
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CIVIL SUITS/TRIALS
10 1601-03 Trial of Juan de Fuentes…fornication 104 11 1602 Investigation…Juan Gómez de Rebolledo…misconduct in office 248 13 1600-03 Trial of Juan Agustín de Lucio…blasphemy & vile language 244 14 1602-03 Trial of Juan de la Parra…blasphemy, concubinage, refusal to hear 548 mass & other crimes 23 1612 Trial of Agustín de Espinosa for bigamy 52 31 1630-33 Trial of Tomás de Peralta…immoral conduct 290 45 1625-58 Trial of Fr. Andrés de Castro, as solicitor 212 51 1707-09 Trial of Fr. Diego Barroçio as solicitor 8 52 1768-71 Trial of Juan Silverio de Nava y de la Mota, for soliciting in the 204 confession 70 1622-25 Trial of Juan de la Cuesta, alias Juan Cavón, for bigamy 164 59-2 1751 Juridical and legal report of the payment of tithes by Matías de 104 Huerta 85 1529-30 Suit brought by Hernando de Cevallos in the name of Pánfilo de 30 Narváez against Alonso de la Serna requesting transcript of a former suit will not be given out 86 1568-69 Suit brought by Gonzalo Muñoz against Antonio de Vallejo 24 157-2 1586 Suit to recover 580 pesos by Juan de Cantoral from Juan López 16 Morilla who had misappropriated them. 158 1586 Suit filed by Juan Hernández, husband of Francisca de Casarrubia, 8 to collect from Jerónimo López the 100 pesos of gold owed his wife for services rendered to Doña María, wife of Pedro de Arauz 162 1586 Lawsuit by Diego de Ludeña Maldonado to prevent the 2 construction of a building. 166-1 1588 Request by Diego Garcia de Herrera for payment of the fanegas of 2 corn by Don Antonio de Arellano 166-2 1588 Further petitions by Don Diego García de Herrera in his suit against 2 Don Antonio de Arellano 166-3 1588 Decision in above suit (165,166) that Don Antonio de Arellano be 1 required to pay 87 pesos and half in gold which he owes 166-4 1588 Certification that the assistant bailiff had presented the decision 1 above to Don Antonio de Arellano 168-1 1588 Suit filed against Don Antonio de Arellano by Diego García de 2 Herrera 168-2 1588 Request for payment for the above 168-1 1 168-3 1588 Certification of notification of above 1 168-4 1588 Diego García de Herrera charging Don Antonio de Arellano of 2 defiance of court order 169 1588 Suit filed by Pedro de Prado, hatter 2 186 1601 Suit to collect a debt owed, by Álvaro de Grado against Juan 18 Martín Herrero 188 1601 Suit filed by Luis de la Torre Ayala to collect a debt from Hernando 10 Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 8
de la Fuente 256 1792 Copy of the requests, etc., in the trial of Filomeno Ponce de León 20 charged with sodomy 259 1722-25 Request of Don Martín Verdugo de Aro y de Ávila, for trial in which 153 to clear his name of charges of embezzling
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SLAVE OR INDIAN RELATED TRIAL
18 1609 Trial of mulata slave, Gerónima, …blasphemy 36 19 1609-10 Trial of Domingo Vaca, slave…blasphemy 60 20 1609-10 Trial of María, negro slave …blasphemy 40 21 1609-10 Trial of Jusepe, creole mulato…blasphemy 50 43 1651 Request for arrest & incarceration of Domingo García to be tried 26 for value of a slave…and other amounts 44 1652 Trial of Nicolas de Zúñiga, slave, accused of contracting the devil to 92 escape his master 46 1658-59 Trial of Pedro Nolasco, negro slave…cursing God 56 47 1663-64 Trial of Lorenzo de la Cruz, mulato slave…cursing 128 71 1600-01 Trial of Antón, negro criollo, for blasphemy 46 92 1529-31 Suit brought by Pedro de Valladolid in the name of Marquis of the 60 Valley against Nuño de Guzmán and the Licenciados Matienzo and Delgadillo re: case of Diego Hernández 94 1529-41 Suit of Alonso de Contreras to recover tribute from his towns of 88 Tamacola & Comcontepeque, taken by the 2nd Audencia 104-2 1539-43 Report of the gold taken from mines of Tehuantepec along w/ 9 slaves of the Marquis 123-1 1570 Judgment relating to certain Tlaxcalan lands, whose ownership 2 was in legal dispute 123-2 1577 Notice of payment to Juan Navarro of 200 pesos for his work as 2 interpreter 124-1 1659-70? Sale of land by Juana Tlacoto 6 124-2 1660 Sale of land by Francisco Teacapan to Don Bernardo de San Juan 5 157-1 1585 Petition from María, Indian, that Beatriz de Herrera be forced to 1 pay for her services, as contracted 160-1 1586 Bill of sale of houses of Martín Cano, Indian, in favor of Juan de 25 Rivas 161 1586 Suit filed by Miguel de los Ángeles against Diego de Lidu__? For 6 having wrongfully destroyed property belonging to the former
165-2 1587? (on reverse of title page to 165-1) Request by Cristóbal, Indian, 1 that he be released from prison, for he claims to have been wrongfully imprisoned 166-5 1588 Notification re: negro slave Gaspar of Don Antonio de Arellano of 1 decree executed 167-1 1588 Brief concerning the incarceration of Gaspar, negro slave 1 167-2 1588 Bond (?) made for Gaspar, negro slave 1 180-2 1599-1600 Several documents dealing with a negro slave belonging to Martín 7 López and Jerónimo López 187 1601 Suit filed to nullify the sale of a negro slave, by Luis de Valderrama 9 against Blas Hidalgo de Sierra claiming fraud 192 1607 Order from Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna to the judge to supply 1 Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 10
Indian labor to Don Fernando de Oñate 227 1762 Letter of freedom to George de los Santos, negro slave of the 9 Hacienda de San Gaspar
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ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS
49 1668-1683 Instructions to the priests, etc. in the concessionaries 46 59-1 1649 Report of Don Luis de Perea and the dictums he has followed in his 136 religious and secular duties 59-3 ? Defense of the Jesuits 32 64-2 1810 Edict of excommunication against Hidalgo 1 116 1608 Third book of the religious history of the Province of Mexico 162 117 1538-1638 Documents relative to the brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary 36 131- 1535(1788) Limits and districts of the Bishopric of New Spain 16 14 200-3 1600-05 Copy of document re: alms from the mass, etc. and their disposal 6 211 1689 Answer to request of Don Juan de Santiago de Leon Gravito, 2 Bishop of Guadalajara, that the Audiencia be ordered to refrain from overstepping its authority 233 1778 Brief extending to the bishops of America the faculties granted to 12 the Archbishop of Mexico 237 1781 Patents for five Religious of the Colegio of Nuestra Señora de 11 Guadelupe de Zacatecas for orders 238 1783(1786) Exemplar of rules formulated by the Bishop of the Cathedral of the 9 city of Santiago, Cuba, re: governing of parish priests, et. al. 241-1 1786 Request for report re: the exact number of the Religious of each 4 order 241-2 1786 Letter of transmittal of above to the Bishop of Durango 1 242-1 1786 Letter of presentation to Don Antonio Tordesillas of the half ration 1 unfilled, to the Bishop of Guadalajara 242-2 1786 Letter of presentation to Don Gaspar Gonzalez de Candamo, of a 1 cononry, to the Bishop of Guadalajara 243 1786 Decree stating that the Bishop of Guadalajara has asked 5 permission to include under his jurisdiction the provinces of Barca, Zapotlán and Colima 244-1 1786 Directive appointing Don Joseph Martínez Benavides as Cantor of 1 the Cathedral of Guadalajara 244-2 1787 Letter of transmittal of above (244-1) 1 245-1 1786 Directive from the King to the Bishop of the Cathedral of 3 Guadalajara that he try to reconcile Don José Calvo y Villalva and his wife Doña Josefa Joaquina de Nogueras, who have been divorced 245-2 1786 Letter from Antonio Ventura de Taranco to the Bishop of 1 Guadalajara urging him to try to reconcile Don José Calvo y Villalva and his wife Doña Josefa Joaquina de Nogueras, who have been divorced 245-3 1787 Acknowledgement of above two items (245-1,245-2)by the Bishop 1 of Guadalajara 246 1787 Statement of decree of divorce granted to Doña Josefa Casteñeda 3 Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 12
from Don Rodrigo de Castillo in Lima 267 1827? Request to see certain documents held in the ecclesiastical curia 3 by Presbyter José Salvador 272 1837? Instruction for a novena 74
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EXPLORATION/MISSIONIZATION
57-1 1720 History of discovery of East Indies by Capt. Juan Matheo Monge 246 57-2 1698 Report of Father Eusebio Kino on this trip to the Northwest 36 60 1775 Diary- trip of Fr. Benito de la Sierra onboard the “Santiago la 80 Nueva Galacia” from port of San Blas to California 62 1794 Eight documents re: Nootka Sound Controversy; Duke de la 20 Alcudia & Viceroy Revillagigedo 65 1689 Report by Duque de la Palata on the state of Peru during his 888 viceregal duties 66-1 1769 Copy of diary of Fr. Junipero Serra for ports of San Diego and 95 Monterrey by land 66-2 1769 Diary of Fr. Vizcaino 18 66-3 1774 Diary of Joseph Velazquez, from Monterrey to San Diego 3 66-4 1774 Copy of partial diary – Fr. Juan Crespi & Fr. Thomas de la Peña 14 66-5 1774 Letter from Fr. Junipero Serra to the guardian of San Fernando 10 66-6 1773 Diary of the route & operation of the Capitán de Caballería 120 between Sonora & California by way of the Gila and Colorado Rivers 66-7 1773 Letter (copy) from Fr. Francisco Palou from Monterrey to Viceroy 32 Bucareli; state of those missions 66-8 1770? Results of a two-day exploration 138 66-9 1775 Diary of voyage – Fr. Miguel de la Campa, from San Blas to 64 65degree north along the coast of Monterrey 66-11 1769-1770 Diary of the roads from mission of Sta. Maria de los Angeles to San 14 Diego, Monterrey and San Francisco by friars of the Colegio de San Fernando of Mexico City 66-12 1768 Diary of journey from mission of Loreto? 184 66-13 1770 Diary of return trip from Monterrey to San Diego 55 66-14 ? Second attempt to find port of Monterrey; founding of mission 7 and presidio of San Carlos at Monterrey 66-15 ? Index extract of the sites considered as propitious for founding 6 missions 66-16 1776? Diary of expedition to reconnoiter the coast of California to 60 39 degrees latitude north 66-18 1776 Letter from Fr. Ysidro Murillo re: communication w/ the provinces 11 of Sonora & California 67-1 1690 Journey by Gov. Alonso de Leon through Texas 16 67-2 1690 Copy of -1, in a different hand 20 68-3 1793 Concerning sending missionaries to the missions of New Mexico 4 and the frontier (printed) 68-4 1794 Concerning payment of synods to the missionaries of Santo 4 Domingo of Old California 68-5 1796 Concerning changes of plans to establish a new mission at Sta. 4 Catarina and not at Portezuelo Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 14
102 1539 Letter from Cortés to Diego de Guinea re: preparations for Cortés’ 4 last voyage of exploration & discovery of California coast 103 1539 Inventory of equipment and crew of the Trinidad, anchored at 8 Tehuantepec, 7 June 1539, before the last exploration trip by Cortés to California coast 104-1 1543 Inventory of things delivered by Juan de Toledo to Pedro de Alcala 36 in the name of his lordship 131-2 1541(1788) Instructions from Viceroy Mendoza to Diego López de Zúñiga re: 14 his voyage of exploration to the Pacific 131-3 1541(1788) Instructions to Capt. Gonzalo de Valle for his voyage of discovery 5 up the coast of New Spain 131-4 1541(1788) Instructions to Capt. Hernando de Alarcon concerning his voyage 8 up the Gulf of California to aid Coronado 131-5 1542(1788) Instructions to Rui López de Villalobos re: his voyage of discovery 25 in the Pacific 131-6 1542(1788) Oath of loyalty sworn to the Governor General of the Port of 4 Navidad 131-6 1542(1788) Oath of loyalty sworn to by pilots and sailors in the Port of 3 (# Navidad error?) 131-7 1542? Instructions given to the captains who are accompanying 6 (1788) Villalobos on his voyage of exploration in the Pacific 131-8 1543? Instructions concerning route to be followed from San Lucar to 33 (1788) Tenrife. Martin (Gonzalo, piloto?) 131-9 ? (1788) Several items describing routes to be followed after reaching the 14 windward islands 131-10 1527(1788) Transcript of the report of the voyage made by Álvaro de 24 Sayabedra from New Span to the Moluccas 131-11 ? (1788) Instructions for entering the port of Lisbon when returning from 1 the Indies 131-12 ? (1788) Summary of route from the Port of Guaniguanico, Cuba, to the 3 Islands of Guanajes 131-13 ? (1788) Summary of the route from the Port of Trinidad, Cuba, to the 2 islands of the Guanayes 215 1694-95 Expedition of Juan Paez Hurtado to bring re-settlement to Santa 140 Fe, after the Pueblo Revolt 217 1698 One of the first letters from Father Juan de Salvatierra from 4 Loreto, California to the Fiscal of the Missions, Don Joseph de Miranda y Villagran 218 1698 Letter from Eusebio Kino concerning the Province of Sonora 8 224 1746-47 Inspection trip made in the territory of Coahuila by Don Pedro de 208 Rábago y Terán, Governor 229 1767 Diary of Father Solís of the Province of Texas 69
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INDIAN RELATIONS/NAHUATL MANUSCRIPTS
58-1 1600(1730) Summary report by Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl, concerning the 34 Toltecs 61 ? Nahuatl document 36 66-10 1766 The pacification of the Seris and Apaches – Capt. Don Gabriel 14 Antonio Vildoso w/ Visitor José de Gálvez 66-17 1775 Report on conditions of the Moqui 14 66-19 1776 Report from F. Ysidro Murillo of his entry to Moqui 26 107 1559-67 Unidentified document in Nahuatl 14 131- ?(1788) Report on Quetzlcoatl 2 17 140 1568-98 Lawsuit of great grandchildren of Moctezuma concerning income 4 from tributes of Indians 141-1 1569 Report of inspection to the town of Tolapa regarding alleged 1 mistreatment of the Indians by Jelázaro de Grijalva 141-4 ? Document in Nahutal 2 142 1571 Account by Diego de Trujillo of the conquest of Peru (One of only 13 two eye-witness accounts) 143 1571-1723 Series of documents dealing with property possession by D. 641 Nicolás Agustin and his aunt, Doña Juana Vázquez, Indians 147 1577 Bill of sale from Tucpac Necatl, Indian, of a piece of land to the 3 friars of the Santo Domingo monastery of Guastepec 175- 1595? Grant (donation) made by the governor and people of Zumpango 1 1(?) to the Company of Jesus 176-1 1699 Diary kept by Sergeant Major D. Miguel Rodriguez Camilo of the 15 route followed in the reduction of the Chol Indians 176-2 1683 Trip by Fr. Nicolás López and his report re: monstrance of New 92 Mexico 176-3 1605 Transcript of a report by Fr. Francisco de Escobar to Don Juan de 3 Oñate 176-4 1595 Agreement made by Don Juan de Oñate w/ Don Luis de Velasco, 14 Viceroy, for the discovery and settlement of New Mexico 176-5 1668 Report of Don Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, Viceroy, re: 5 establishment of a mission among the Chichimecos 176-6 ? Report of the Jesuit missions in El Parral 3 176-7 1680 Report of the safe arrival of Fr. Francisco de Ayota fleeing from 2 attacks by the Indians 176-8 1680 Letter from Fr. Antonio de Sierra for the Padre Visitador 3 176-9 1680 Letter from Col. Alonso García to Col. Pedro de Leiva 1 176- 1680 Letter from the Alcalde Mayor of Los Hemes to Gregoria de Valdés 1 10 176- 1680 List of names, with native towns, etc. of the 21 friars killed in the 6 11 Pueblo uprising 176- 1680 Letter from Fr. Juan Huares to the Comissary General 1 Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 16
12 176- 1680 Letter from Fr. Francisco de Ageta to the Comissary General 5 13 176- 1680 Copy of a letter written by the Governor Elect to His Excellency 2 14 176- 1680 Letter from the Visitor General to His Excellency 7 15 176- 1743 Letter from the Commissar General, Fr. Pedro Navarre, to Fr. 2 16 Antonio Parillo Caro in the mission of Tamaquismon 176- 1743 Letter from New Mexico from Don Domingo de Mendoza y 2 17 Aguardo to the Father Comissar, Fr. Pedro Navarrete 176- 1626 Report of Don Pedro de Ribera re: the missions of New Mexico 7 18 183(?) ? Document in Nahuatl 3 184 1600? The Twenty-One Rituals of the Indian Monarchy by Fr. Juan de 740 (1778) Torquemanda (This ms. beings w/ Libro Primero, Cap. VII and ends w/ Libro Cuarto, Cap. XXXV. 185 1600? Drawings in color of the 12 Incas of Peru. Brought to the US @ 12 1830 196 1612-13 Assignment of certain Indians for work at the Convent of San 2 Diego de los Descalzos 220 1652-1709 Royal provision that the legal authorities of Xochimilco see to the 41 legal requests made by the people of the Pueblo de San Antonio (contains 2 pages of Nahutal) 225 1748 Campaign against the Apache Indians by Don Pedro de Rábago Y 40 Terán 232-1 1776 Letter from Monterrey relating the attack of Indians and killing of 5 Christians at the mission of San Diego 240 1780-83 Order of the taxes due from Indians, based on the number of free 12 vassals 260 1793 Report made of the attacks by the Apaches on Durango, 24 29 January 1793
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CORTES FAMILY SUITS AND DOCUMENTS
58-2 1614(1730) Request of Cristóbal de Molina for a transcript of letters 474 patent of nobility…of Don Martín Cortéz… 79 1533-1576 Part I 210 80 1577-82 Part II – trial against Cortés by Juan de la Cueva in behalf of 194 his grandfather, Luis de Cueva 81 1529-32 Suit brought by Cortés against Licenciados Matienzo & 168 Delgadillo concerning a roan horse 82 1529-1532 Suit brought against Cortés by Francisco Verdugo re: 600 334 pesos 83 1529-1532 Suit brought by Cortés to recover 4,000 pesos previously 250 award Licienciados Matienzo & Delgadillo in a previous suit accusing Cortés of gambling. 84 1529-32 Suit brought by Cortés against Licienciados Matienzo & 150 Delgadillo re: former suit in favor of Hernando de Quintana 87 1603-07 Suit brought by Juan de Luján Gavilán to collection 2000 64 ducats from the Cortés estate 88 1567-74 Recusation of Alonso Bazo de Andrada, in the name of Don 190 Martín Cortés against Dr. Francisco de Sande 89 1553-55 Part I 258 Suit brought by widow of Cortés, Doña Juana de Zúñiga & his son, Don Martín Cortés against Don Tristan de Arellano for mismanagement of Cortes estate 89 1554-56 Part II 356 89 1556-57 Part III 294 90 1531-37 Part I 284 Suit brought by Francisco Maldonado against Martín López, conquistadors under Cortés 90 1529 Part II 72 90 1533-39 Part III 180 91 1529 Suit of Diego Hernández against Hernando Cortés 74 93 1526(1529) Inquiry of Juan Tirado against Don Fernando Cortés 100 95 1542-43 Suit brought by Don Hernando Cortés against Gonzalo 108 Cerezo re: rent for jail houses 96 1529-85 Suit by Martín López against Hernan Cortés re: payment of 56 brigantine construction used in the final assault on Mexico City 97 1557-68 Suit by district attorney against Diego Arias de Sotelo and 160 Baltasar de Sotelo to secure independence of Mexico w/ Martín Cortés as king 98 1543-1733 Documents of many types relating to the family of 632 Fernando Cortés and his estate, the Marquesate of Valley 99 1534 Letter from Cortés instructing Juan Altamorano to pay 2 Milyan de Valdivieso 125 pesos gold Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 18
100 1538 Letter from Cortés to Diego de Guinea re a cattle company 2 between Cortés and Juan de Toledo 101-2 1545 Letter from widow of Cortes, Dona Juana de Zúñiga re 1 disposition of wine vessels 105-1 1553 Letter from Francisco Lópes de Gómara stating that Don 4 Martín Cortés owes him 500 ducats 105-2 1553 Letter from Don Martín Cortés to Pedro de Ahumada, 2 authorizing payment to Francisco Lópes de Gómara of 500 ducats 106 1622-24 Suit filed by grandsons of Martín López Osorio, builder of 410 the brigantines for final assault on Mexico City, to collect from estate of Cortés 119-2 1550 Letter signed by Juan Suárez and Ángel de Villafañe re: 2 Cortés financial matters 120 1549 Letter from Don Antonio de Mendoza to Luis de León 2 Romano to re-examine Indian tributes collected in the Marquesate of the Valley 121 1557-1558 Judgment against Martín Cortés for being delinquent in 4 paying 4,000 pesos in tithes for 1553-1557 122 1567 Letter from Don Martín Cortés authorizing Juan Bautista 1 Marin to receive 600 pesos in salary 130 1521 First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the 2 conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán 131-16 1526-33 Report concerning Hernán Cortés written by Fernán Pérez 45 (1788) de Oliva
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ROYAL CORRESPONDENCE
109-1 1571 Letter from Philip II to Bishop of Michoacán 2 109-2 1597 Letter to Bishop of Tlaxcala 2 109-3 1599 ? 2 109-4 1602 Letter to Diocese of Tlaxcala 2 109-5 1650 Letter to the Count de Alba de Alista y de Villafor, Viceroy 2 109-6 1665 Letter from the Queen announcing the death of Phillip IV 2 110 1578-1596 12 letters, 6 signed for the King by Antonio de Eraso & 6 by 25 Joan de Ybarra 111 1600-09 10 letters from Phillip III to the Bishops of Tlaxcala & 24 Guadalajara 112 1676-80 33 letters from Charles II to the Bishop of Puebla 82 113 1665-74 5 letters from Queen Mariana to officials in America 16 114 1622-1655 4 letters from Phillip IV to Bishop of Tlaxcala 10 131-15 1526(1788) Instruction from Charles V concerning treatment of Indians 10 131-18 1539(1788) Report made on order of Charles V, at request of Francisco 50 Téllez re: conquistadors and settles in New Spain 131-19 1541(1788) Report concerning the lawsuit between Almagro and 3 Hernando Pizarro 131-20 ?(1788) Secret report written for Charles V concerning Pizarro 4 134-1 1470(1560?) History of King Don Enrique IV, by Diego Enríquez del 344 Castillo 134-2 1517 History of the reign of the Catholic sovereigns, Ferdinand 611 and Isabel, written by Andrés Bernáldez (one of the first accounts of Columbus’ voyages) 144-1 1572 Letter from King Phillip II to Andrés de Cabrera re: some 1 lands measured by the latter, lands which were in dispute between the Indians of Xoloc and the Governor and principal citizens of Mexico City 144-2 1572 Letter from King Phillip II re: suit between the Indians of 10 Xoloc and Cristóbal Pérez, their lawyers, and the Governor and principal citizens of Mexico City 148 1578 Letter from King Phillip II ordering that in the future all the 1 priests who serve the Indians of the Pueblos must be able to speak the native language. 149 1578 Letter from King Phillip II ordering that the Indians not be 1 compelled to make an offering when they are not able to do so 150 1578 Letter from King Phillip II to the Bishop of Tlaxcala re? 1 granting of orders to mestizos and other persons not sufficiently prepared. 152 1580 Letter from King Phillip II to the Bishop of Tlaxcala granting 1 permission to purchase ornaments and other things necessary to cathedral Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 20
153 1581 Letter from King Phillip II to the Bishop of Tlaxcala, 2 requesting a list of dignities, canonries, etc. under his jurisdiction 154 1581 Letter from King Phillip II requesting the Viceroy send a 1 report and opinion concerning the fact that the clerics of the Bishopric of Tlaxcala are required to appear before the Audiencia, of which the Bishop is complaining 156 1583 Grant by His Majesty, King Phillip II, to the Bishop of 1 Tlaxcala to control salaries of the preachers, since more than 2/3 of the Indians had died from the pestilence 174 1594 Letter from the King, Phillip II, restraining the Bishop and 1 other prelates from ordaining illegitimates and others lacking the necessary prerequisites 177 1596 Request from the king, Phillip II, to the Bishop of Tlaxcala 1 for a report re: the present state of affairs at the cathedral 200-1 1619 Certificate from His Majesty, and tariff of the Priests of 4 Seville 200-2 1619 Request that the provisions of the above (200-1) be 4 changed 206 1644 Order from the king concerning the Indians working for 4 the friars and other religious 219 1705 Letter from the King re: the building of a church in the 4 Valle de Santiago 226 1760(1797) Letter from the King to the Governor & Captain General of 4 New Galacia 228 1765 Letter from the King re: the privileges granted to the new 5 church of Jesus Nazarene in Guadalajara 234 1779 Royal permission for establishing a house for Religious in 3 Guadalajara 251 1789 Letter from the King, through Royal Intendant of New 3 Galacia re: punctual information concerning towns of New Galacia 252 1790 Letter from King re: appointment of Vicars General of the 2 dominions (Dominicans?) 253 1790 From the King acknowledging receipt of reports 3 concerning the building of the Royal Hospital of San Miguel of Guadalajara 254 1790 Indexes of royal dispatches sent to the Bishop of 2 Guadalajara 257 1792 Notification of birth of a son to the King & Queen 3 258 1792 Index of royal dispatches which are being sent to the 3 Bishop of Guadalajara
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