Cartas y Informes 1763-1766

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Cartas y Informes 1763-1766

MS 228


Collection Summary
Creator:	Aguirre, Jesús Manuel, 1715-1766.
Collection Name:	Cartas y Informes
Inclusive Dates:	1763-1766
Physical Description:	.1 linear feet
Abstract:	Collection includes photocopies of typed transcriptions of 37 letters from Padre Jesús Manual Aguirre to Padre Provincial Francisco Ceballos. All but two of the letters are sent from Bocadéhuachi; they are reports from the period when Aguirre was serving as visitador and visitador general.
Collection Number:	MS 228
Language:	Materials are in Spanish and English.
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

Spanish Jesuit who arrived in Sonora in 1748, served mainly at the San Luis Gonzaga Mission at Bacadéhuachi, and died on the forced march of the Jesuit expulsion.

Scope and Content Note

Photocopies of typed transcriptions of 37 letters from Padre Jesús Manual Aguirre to Padre Provincial Francisco Ceballos. All but two of the letters are sent from Bocadéhuachi; they are reports from the period when Aguirre was serving as visitador and visitador general.

The sources were compiled by Father Kieran McCarty, a priest and scholar associated with the Academy of Franciscan History, Washington, D.C.

Letters in Spanish; annotations in English.

Arrangement

This collection is organized chronologically.

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

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Related Material

Originals at the Archivo Histórico de Hacienda, Palacio National, Mexico City.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Aguirre, Jesús Manuel, 1715-1768 -- Correspondence.

McCarty, Kieran.

Corporate Name(s)

Jesuits -- Missions -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- Sources.

Geographic Name(s)

Mexico -- Church history -- Sources.

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

Subject(s)

Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 18th century.

Missionaries -- Mexico -- Sonora (State)

Missions -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 18th century.

Piman Indians -- Missions -- History -- 18th century.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Cartas y Informes (MS 228). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Acquired as gift, 1980.

Processing History

Processed by Staff.