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Padre Juan Nentuiz to padre provincial Francisco Sevallos. El rectorado de los santissimos tres martires de Japon; use of Spanish by opatas.

Author(s): 
Nentuig, Juan (Padre)
Date: 
07-18-1764
Documentation: 
Opotu. July 18, 1764. 4 pages. Letter. Original. Signed.
Keywords: 
Mission Life
General Subjects: 
Linguistics Missions Social-Organization

Padre Manuel Aguirre to padre provincial Francisco Sevallos. noticia de todas las misiones de la provincia de Sonora.

Author(s): 
Aguirre, Manuel (Padre)
Date: 
02-18-1764
Documentation: 
Bacadeguatzi. February 18, 1764. 15 pages. Informe. Original. Signed.
Keywords: 
Census (Religious) Fiscal Affairs Indians (Depredations) Mission Finances Mission Life Mission Supplies
General Subjects: 
Missions

Padre Luis tellez giron y padre Francisco Antonio garza. Carta sobre la vida cotidiana en la mision de papigochi.

Author(s): 
Tellez Giron, Luis (Padre)
Date: 
05-06-1737
Documentation: 
Papigochi. May 6, 1737. 1pp. Letter. Original.
Keywords: 
Mission Life
General Subjects: 
Mining Missions

Breve informe del estado presente en que se hallan las misiones de Sonora.

Author(s): 
Januske, Daniel (Padre)
Author(s): 
Door, Francisco de Xavier (Padre)
Author(s): 
Guerrero Suarez, Caietano (Padre)
Date: 
00-00-1722
Documentation: 
Borjas (mision). 1722-1723. 25 pages. Informe. Original. Signed.
Keywords: 
Anticlericalism Census (Religious) Indians (Population) Mission Life
General Subjects: 
Agriculture Economics Ethnography Geography History Legal Linguistics Military Mining Missions Political Religious Social-Organization

Series of letters in which fray Prestamero informs virrey that Croix holds 'religiosos' in low esteem, missions suffering because insufficient funds received by sindicos.

Author(s): 
Prestamero, Juan de (Fray)
Author(s): 
Bonilla, Antonio
Author(s): 
Corvalan, Pedro
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
08-18-1780
Documentation: 
Sonora. August 18, 1780-April 1, 1781. 76p. Letters, oficios. Copies, originals, signed, unsigned.
Keywords: 
Civil-Religious Relations Fiscal Affairs Indians (Mistreatment) Indians (Religion-Christian) Mission Administration Mission Finances Mission Life
General Subjects: 
Economics Ethnography Missions Political

Reports on construction, architecture, ornamentation, agriculture, population of missions listed in places category.

Author(s): 
Ramos de Lora, Juan (Fray)(Presidente)
Author(s): 
Possadas, Vizente (Teniente)
Author(s): 
Trinidad, Manuel de la
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
10-29-1772
Documentation: 
Nuevo Santander missions. October 29, 1772. 142p. Informes, letters. Transcribed, unsigned.
Keywords: 
Architecture (Construction) Architecture (Religious) Indian Fugitives Indians (Reduccion) Labor Force (Indians) Labor Force (Mission) Mission Administration Mission Agriculture Mission Furnishing (Inventory) Mission Life Religious Paraphernalia Religious Personnel
General Subjects: 
Architecture Ethnography Missions Religious

carpeta septima desde 1779. Correspondencia con los misioneros

Author(s): 
Serra, Junipero (Fray)
Author(s): 
Vega, Manuel de la (Fray)
Author(s): 
Manzano, Francisco (Fray)
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
01-14-1778
Documentation: 
San Francisco. January 14, 1778-January 12 1780. 16p. Letters. Signed.
Keywords: 
Mission Life Mission Supplies Transportation (Maritime)
General Subjects: 
Missions Social-Organization