Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 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Date Description # of pgs. 101-1 1539 Letter from Álvaro de Guijo re: planting coconuts in the New World 1 108 1550-60 Unpublished essays by FG.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 Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 1 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 Thematic Index for Spanish Colonial Manuscripts (Conway) by Robert B. Pickering, PhD 3 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.