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Biographical NoteSpanish 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 NotePhotocopy 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. ArrangementThis collection is organized chronologically and geographically by type.RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsPersonal 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 InformationCredit LineNoticia (MS 222). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Acquisition InformationAcquired as gift, 1980. Processing HistoryProcessed by Staff. |