Noticias...Carta del Padre Geronimo Herran...al Virrey., 03/15/1732-02/20/1733

File — Box: 1, Folder: 14

Identifier: 35333

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The Paraguayan Jesuits Collection consists of 20 manuscript and 4 printed documents ranging in date from 1639 to about 1744. A number of the manuscripts deal with the employment of Indian laborers from the Jesuit 'reductions' on the fortification of the ports of Buenos Aires; others touch on the incursions of hostile Indians against the reductions. A major emphasis of the collection, however, is on the continuing struggle between the Jesuits and the antagonistic representatives of the Church and the Spanish government.

There are manuscripts giving detailed responses to the anti-Jesuit memorials of Diego de Villalon (envoy to Spain of Archbishop Bernardino de Cardenas) in the 1650's; rebutting the charges brought by Martin de Barua in the 1730's; and, finally, a very lengthy 'examen' of the manifesto written by the Redemptorist Miguel de Vargas Machuca, dating from about 1740 and providing in its course a rather full survey of the Jesuits' difficulties with their ecclesiastical and governmental opponents. A brief survey of the available histories indicates that previous historians may not have been aware of all but two of the documents.

Dates

03/15/1732-02/20/1733

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Shelf Location

8/11/3F

Container Summary

9 typeset sheets, bound, consisting of a letter from Father Geronimo Herran, S.J., "chaplain" of the mission troops, to Don Joseph de Armendariz, the Marques de Castelfuerte and Viceroy of Peru, two brief letters from Castelfuerte to Herran and a decree from the Viceroy. Herran's letter, dated 15 March, 1732, regards the expulsion from Asuncion of the Jesuits and of Don Ignacio de Soroeta, the appointed Governor of Paraguay, by the Comuneros. Castelfuerte's letters and decree (June 1732) give orders that Herran is to supply Indian troops to the newly appointed Governor of Paraguay, Don Manuel Agustin de Ruyloba Calderon. At the time of these letters, Ruyloba Calderon had just been appointed and was still in Lima consulting with Castelfuerte before leaving to Buenos Aires and then going on to take Asuncion by force. The documents were typeset in Spain some time after the original writing, and the date on the front page is 20 February, 1733. A handwritten copy of Castelfuerte's decree, which is longer and more detailed, can be found in Folder 20. References to the following: Joseph Luis Bareyro, Bruno Mauricio de Zavala, Bishop Joseph de Palos, Diego de los Reyes, Joseph de Antequera, Juan de Mena, Manuel Isidoro de Mirones y Benavente, Joseph de Armendariz (Marques de Castelfuerte), Joseph de la Concha (Marques de Casa-Concha), Alvaro de Mavia Bolano y Moscoso, Alvaro Cavero, Alvaro Quiros, Gaspar Peres Buelta, Joseph Ignacio de Aviles, Lorenzo Antonio de la Puente, Manuel Francisco Fernandez de Paredes, Pedro de Ojeda, Francisco Estanislaus Melendez and Marcos de Uzeda. References to the following Indian tribes: Tapes, Guenoas, Bohanes, Charruas and Yaros. References to the following towns and pueblos: San Ignacio, Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Santiago, Candelaria, Callao, Charcas and Cochabamba Province.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

COLONIA DEL SACRAMENTO - REFERENCE: Other Types

PALOS, JOSEPH DE, BISHOP - REFERENCE: Other Types

REYES, DIEGO DE LOS - REFERENCE: Other Types

ANTEQUERA Y CASTRO, JOSEPH DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

MENA ORTIZ Y VELASCO, JUAN DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

CHARCAS, AUDIENCIA DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

COCHABAMBA - REFERENCE: Other Types

GUENOAS - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

BOHANES - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

CHARRUAS - REALTIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

CANDELARIA - REFERENCE: Other Types

MIRONES Y BENAVENTE, MANUEL ISIDORO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

CONCHA, JOSEPH DE LA (SEE CASA-CONCHA, MARQUES DE) - REFERENCE: Other Types

CASA-CONCHA, MARQUES DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

MAVIA BOLANO Y MOSCOSO, ALVARO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

CAVERO, ALVARO - REFERENCE: Other Types

QUIROZ, ALVARO - REFERENCE: Other Types

PERES BUELTA, GASPAR - REFERENCE: Other Types

SANTA ROSA - REFERENCE: Other Types

ZAVALA, BRUNO MAURICIO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

SANTA FE - REFERENCE: Other Types

RUYLOBA CALDERON, MANUEL AGUSTIN DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

SAN IGNACIO - REFERENCE: Other Types

OJEDA, PEDRO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

TAPES - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

UZEDA, MARCOS DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

COMUNEROS - REFERENCE: Other Types

SANTIAGO - REFERENCE: Other Types

FERNANDEZ DE PAREDES, MANUEL FRANCISCO - REFERENCE: Other Types

MELENDEZ, FRANCISCO ESTANISLAUS - REFERENCE: Other Types

INDIANS - WORK CONDITIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

PUENTE, LORENZO ANTONIO DE LA - REFERENCE: Other Types

BAREYRO, JOSEPH LUIS - REFERENCE: Other Types

SOROETA, IGNACIO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

ARMENDARIZ, JOSEPH DE (SEE CASTELFUERTE, MARQUES DE) - CORRESP.: Other Types

CASTELFUERTE, MARQUES DE - CORRESP.: Other Types

HERRAN, GERONIMO, S.J. - CORRESP.: Other Types

AVILES Y GUZMAN, JOSEPH IGNACIO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

YAROS - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

PARAGUAY -JESUIT ACTIVITIES: Other Types