Etiqueta: Edward E Ayer Manuscript Collection Newberry Library

Form reports of municipal revenues for Real Haber deposited in the royal treasury, dated Nov. 18-Nov. 30, 1863, and signed by the gobernadorcillos of various towns in Camarines Sur province, in response to a request of Nov. 14, 1863 from Anastasio de Hoyos y Zendegui, alcalde mayor and treasury official for the province. In order […]

Unsigned copy from around 1830 of an anonymous, undated history of the Philippines, from 1492 to 1603. The history begins with chapters on the discovery of America and New Spain, and the voyage of Magellan to the Philippines, his discovery of the straits at the tip of South America, and his death on the island […]

Handbook containing a Huastec grammar and vocabulary, as well as devotional material, compiled by Carlos de Tapia Zenteno, probably around 1746. Preliminary materials include a justification of the work and a description of the Huastec Indians, their way of life, and their lands around Veracruz and Tamaulipas. Pages 1-69 contain Tapia Zentenos Huastec grammar, entitled […]

Document, dated 1887 in Manila and signed by 13 landowners from the towns of La Carlota, San Enrique, and Pontevedra, outlining causes of the lack of progress in the Philippines, and containing recommendations for reforms in the areas of agriculture, local government, tax collection, and administrative oversight. Between 1860 and 1877, agriculture flourished in the […]

Notices of appointments, letters of commendation, tax bills, receipts, and other memoranda, dated Jan. 11, 1845-Jan. 15, 1859, pertaining to the positions of alcalde mayor which Ramírez held during ten years of service to the Crown in the Philippines. Most of the documents are notices to Ramírez of his appointment by Queen Isabella II as […]

Bound file of orders and responses from 1762-1764 pertaining to the appointment of don Simón de Anda y Salazar as captain-general of the Philippines during the British invasion of 1762, and measures initiated by him. The Auto declaratorio of Oct. 5, 1762, signed by Anda, contains his account of his assumption of authority, and his […]

Millán asks the court to restore his clients salary, suspended since November 28, 1766, and to compensate him for all of his back pay, since he has been acquitted of all charges of misconduct in a decision handed down September 19, 1770. Millán points out that Ramírez de Arellano, accountant and customs official for the […]

Catalog, dated March 5, 1887 in Manila, of objects pertaining to the religion and culture of the Igorrotes, which were placed on display at the Exposición general de las islas Filipinas held in Madrid, Spain in 1887. The 141 display items document the culture and way of life of the 500,000 Philippine Igorrotes, members of […]

Nineteenth century manuscript copy of Book XX of Fernández de Oviedos Historia general y natural de las Indias, first published separately by Francisco Fernández de Córdova in Valladolid in 1557, and containing an account of the discovery and explorations of the Strait of Magellan, the Philippines, and the Moluccas or Spice Islands. In his introduction […]

A copy of a letter, dated June 2 and 3, 1848 in Mexico City, from Captain D.J. Barnard to Don José Joaquín Herrera, newly-elected president of Mexico, regarding arms and officers for the Mexican army. Captain Barnard, commanding officer of H Company of the U.S. Voltigeurs, proposes that if agents for the Mexican army act […]

A copy of the official status report on the viceroyalty of New Granada, dated December 3, 1796 by the outgoing viceroy, José de Ezpeleta, for his successor, Pedro Mendinueta. Ezpeleta summarizes the state of the viceroyalty as he found it upon taking office on July 31, 1789, noting that priorities at that time–colonizing Darien and […]

Letters, orders, receipts, and inventories, dated Oct. 24, 1863-Jan. 17, 1864 in Nueva Caceres and other towns of Camarines Sur province, and directed to Anastasio de Hoyos y Zendegui, alcalde mayor of the province, from the local gobernadorcillos, concerning tax collection and other municipal matters. Letters dated Dec. 14, 1863 from the mayors of Siroma, […]