Cartas y Informes 1839-1841

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Cartas y Informes 1839-1841

MS 229


Collection Summary
Creator:
Collection Name:	Cartas y Informes
Inclusive Dates:	1839-1841
Physical Description:	.1 linear feet
Abstract:	Gonzáles was a Spanish Franciscan priest at the San Diego del Pitiquito Mission, Sonora, from 1832-1839. Pérez Llera served at San Ignacio de Caburica from 1799; as Father President from 1830-1837, he presided over the disintegration of the Franciscan mission system in the Pimeria Alta; in 1841, he was back at Querétaro College as a guardian. Flores was the priest at the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Opodepe Mission in 1841, when he was elected Father President by the only two priests left in Sonora. Photocopies of typed transcriptions of three letters and reports, 1839-1841, from Father Faustino Gonzáles, Father Antonio Flores, and Father José María Pérez Llera. Addressees are the Sonoran Governor Manuel María Gándara, and an unnamed Mexican Minister of War and the Navy.
Collection Number:	MS 229
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

Gonzáles was a Spanish Franciscan priest at the San Diego del Pitiquito Mission, Sonora, from 1832-1839. Pérez Llera served at San Ignacio de Caburica from 1799; as Father President from 1830-1837, he presided over the disintegration of the Franciscan mission system in the Pimeria Alta; in 1841, he was back at Querétaro College as a guardian. Flores was the priest at the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Opodepe Mission in 1841, when he was elected Father President by the only two priests left in Sonora.

Scope and Content Note

Photocopies of typed transcriptions of three letters and reports, 1839-1841, from Father Faustino Gonzáles, Father Antonio Flores, and Father José María Pérez Llera. Addressees are the Sonoran governor Manuel María Gándara, and an unnamed Mexican Minister of War and the Navy.

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

Two letters in Spanish; excerpts from another translated into English.

Arrangement

This collection is organized alphabetically by letter writer.

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

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Related Material

Originals at the Archivo Historico, Biblióteca de la Universidad de Sonora.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Flores, Antonio -- Correspondence.

Gonzáles, Faustino -- Correspondence.

McCarty, Kieran.

Pérez Llera, José María -- Correspondence.

Corporate Name(s)

Colegio de Misioneros de Propaganda Fide de la Santa Cruz (Querétaro, Mexico)

Franciscans -- 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 -- 19th century.

Missionaries -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 19th century.

Missions -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 19th century.

Piman Indians -- Missions -- History -- 19th century.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Cartas y Informes (MS 229). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Acquired as gift, 1980.

Processing History

Processed by Staff.