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Legal Documents regarding the command of Guadalcanal by Ercole Sfondrati and opposed by Gaspar Alfonso Perez, 1649-1659

 Item — Folder: 2
Identifier: Vault MSS 516 Item 1
Scope and Contents The cover sheet is folded to contain several assorted legal documents, notary statements, and notarized letters entailing the history of ownership of the house and income of Guadalcanal, Spain. The cover sheet contains a summary of the intent of the documents. The summary states: "Acts with the Curia Eccles.a Madrid between Sr. D. Ercole Sfondrati, Count of the Riviera, Caval.o Order of Santiago and the Count of Niebla D. Gaspar Alfonso Perez de Guzman el Bueno for the...
Dates: 1649-1659

Sfondrati family papers regarding Guadalcanal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 516
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten and printed items relating to the administration of the fiefdom of Guadalcanal. Includes information on the assignment of the area to Ercole Sfondrati, as well as its later administration. The materials also document the conflict between Sfondrati and Gaspar Alfonso Perez de Guzman over its control. Documents date from between 1599 and 1659.

Dates: 1599-1659