Letters from Lorca y Villera, 1774, Nuevo Reino de Leon.

Serial Number
041-02903
Title
Letters from Lorca y Villera, 1774, Nuevo Reino de Leon.
Author(s)
Lorca y Villena, Melchor
Date
06-16-1774
Date
08-31-1774
Documentation
Monterey. June 16, 1774. 36p. Informe. Letters. Signed. Copies.
Summary
Letters from Lorca y Villera, 1774, Nuevo Reino de Leon. Postal service in Nuevo Leon, death of Indian prisoners, death of Indians on hacienda (de Patos y Villa de Parras), need for military equipment (rifles, gunpowder) for defense of province. Letters discuss attack by Indians on July 25, 1773 and attack on Indians by Spaniards in Valle de Pesqueria Grande, of August 16, 1774. Informe from conde de Sierra Gorda concerning new mission in Valle Viejo. Letter giving permission for marriage of Soldados Voluntarios to christianized Indian women. Marriages to take place in missions of San Carlos and San Antonio. (j.acheson, November 1988)
Persons
Ugarte y Loyola, Jacobo
Lorca y Villera, Melchor
Nepomuzeno Barragan, Francisco (Fray)
Sierra Gorda, Conde de
Echeagaray, Francisco
Santianez, Vicente
Bucareli y Ursua, Antonio Maria
Equiluz, Juan Antonio de
Fernandez de Zumayor, Tomas
Carrillo, Mariano
Gonzales de Quintanilla, Juan Antonio de
Lopez de Villegas, Antonio
Sanchez de Robles, Francisco
Urresti, Antonio
Martinez de Pison, Antonio
Bargas, Juan Maria de
Vidal de Lorca, Manuel Fernando
Places
Coaguila
Leon, Nuevo Reino de
Candela, San Bernadino de la
Nadores
Cordillera
Patos, Villa de Parras (Hacienda)
Valle Viejo
Nepomuzeno Barragan, Francisco (Mision)
San Cristoval (Mision)
San Luis Potosi
Punta de Lampazo
Pesqueria Grande (Valle)
San Carlos (Mision)
San Antonio (Mision)
Charcas, Villa
Vallecillo
San Cristobal, Purificacion y Concepcion (Mision)
Mateguala (Villa)
California
Soconusco
Salado (Rio)
First Location
AZTM, AGN, Vol. 108 ff. 195-212
Original Location
AGN, Mexico City, Provincias Internas Vol. 108 ff. 195-212
Language
Spanish
Reference Number
10800011
Rights
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Keywords
Indians (Religion-Christian), Indians (Rebellion), Women, Weapons, Indians (Mistreatment), Indians (Reduccion), Mission Establishment, Indians (Baptisms), Haciendas, Postal Service (Establishment), Marital Relations (Spanish-Indian)
General Subjects
Military, Social-Organization, Missions, Religious