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Viceroys -- Mexico

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hencarta Order

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311117]
Identifier: MSS SC 1339
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed order in Spanish. The document is for the paymaster of Nueva Viscaya to give all soldiers of the province complete payments. The item reprimands the actions of Colonel Juan Felipe Oroses who was making deductions on the soldier's salaries as punishment for the desertion of 17 men of the garrison at Cerro Gordol.

Dates: 1714

Miguel la Grua Talamanca decree

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311158]
Identifier: MSS SC 1352
Scope and Contents

Printed and signed decree in Spanish. The document establishes the opening of the port of San Blas (Mexico) for commerce with Peru, Santa Fe (Columbia), Guatemala, and New Spain.

Dates: 1796