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Open book Reports on the history, organization, and status of various Catholic dioceses of New Spain and Peru 1620-1649

Title Reports on the history, organization, and status of various Catholic dioceses of New Spain and Peru 1620-1649

Date 1620-1649

Language Latin, Spanish

Subjects Bishops, Clergy, Tax collection

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary Documents from 1620-1649, most pertaining to the early church history of certain dioceses in New Spain and Peru, with some additional materials on miscellaneous topics. Most of the documents are reports, prepared in response to royal cédulas, on the establishment, organizational structure, clergy, bishops, convents, tithes and other finances, parishioners, and relations with the Indians of various dioceses of the Indies, such as Yucatán, Cuba (Havana), Guatemala, Honduras, Arequipa (Peru), Lima, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Of special interest are the many reports on the diocese of Michoacán in Mexico. Some documents deal with the tributes collected from certain pueblos by the estate of the Conde de Moctezuma, while others, including an epic poem, describe the war in Chile in 1633-1638 against the Araucanians. Also included is a ms. account, dated April 23, 1647, by the canon Diego Torres y Vargas, of the history of Puerto Rico from 1508-1647, entitled "Descripcion de la isla y ciudad de Puerto Rico y de su vecindad" ([17] leaves). Other items are shipping reports from Juan Pujadas y Gamboa, captain general of the armada and fleet of New Spain, and an illustrated study of the cultivation and harvesting of cochineal dye, an important export in the economy of New Spain.

Extent 1 box (40 folders) ; 34 x 24 x 7 cm

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 1106

BibID 123285

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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