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Noticia 1761-1763

MS 222


Collection Summary

Creator: Lizasoaín, Tómas Ignacio, 1717-1789.
Collection Name: Noticia
Inclusive Dates: 1761-1763
Physical Description:.1 linear feet
Abstract:Photocopy of typescript translation. The one volume contains a census of people, as well as an inventory of goods for some of the missions. The provinces of Baja California, Sonora, Tarahumara, Nayarit, and the former Chinipas are represented; missions of southern Arizona are included within the Sonoran province. The census is by families, widows and widowers, doctriners, the number of people confessing, and the number of people taking communion.
Collection Number:MS 222
Language: Materials are in Spanish and English.
Repository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
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Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
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Biographical Note

Spanish Jesuit; established the Guaymas mission soon afterarriving in New Spain in 1750; was the General Visitor to the northern missions, 1761-1763; in Rome after the Jesuit expulsion, he served in 1772 as the last Jesuit Provincial for New Spain.

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy of typescript translation. The one volume contains a census of people, as well as an inventory of goods for some of the missions. The provinces of Baja California, Sonora, Tarahumara, Nayarit, and the former Chinipas are represented; missions of southern Arizona are included within the Sonoran province. The census is by families, widows and widowers, doctriners, the number of people confessing, and the number of people taking communion. Field properties include numbers of cattle, horses, mules, burros, lambs, and goats. Incidental notes include debts, if any; geographical location; remarks on the quality of the mission's church and priest's house; names of the priests; and local language spoken. Another report includes the numbers of people Lizasoaín confirmed in each province from April 18, 1761 to January 29, 1763. The last section is a daily log that lists the missions he visited from April 4, 1761 to February 23, 1763.

Translated by Campbell W. Pennington.

Report translated to English; daily log in Spanish.

Arrangement

This collection is organized chronologically and geographically by type.

Restrictions

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

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Access Terms

Personal Name(s)
Lizasoaín, Tomás Ignacio, 1717-1789.
Pennington, Campbell W.

Corporate Name(s)
Jesuits -- Missions -- Mexico -- History -- Sources.

Geographic Name(s)
Mexico -- Church history -- Sources.
Pimería Alta (Mexico and Ariz.) -- Church history -- Sources.

Subject(s)
Missions -- Arizona -- History -- 18th century.
Missions -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- History -- 18th century.
Missions -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) -- History -- 18th century.
Missions -- Mexico -- Inventories.
Missions -- Mexico -- Nayarit -- History -- 18th century.
Missions -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 18th century.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Noticia (MS 222). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Acquired as gift, 1980.

Processing History

Processed by Staff.