Informe a favor de los Misioneros y de los Indios..., 01/01/1715-01/01/1744

File — Box: 1, Folder: 23

Identifier: 35342

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

01/01/1715-01/01/1744

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

10 AMs sheets bound consisting of one copied document, probably from 1715, by Gaspar Rodero, S.J., Procurador General. Rodero's name does not appear on the document as the author, but it appears in a typset version of the same document in the following folder (Folder 24). The document discusses the missions and their economic history, giving information such as population, yerba production and sales and tribute paid. Reference to the following: Andres de Leon y Garavito, Gregorio de Hinestrosa, Alonso Sarmiento, Sebastian de Leon, Ignacio Landau (cacique), Christoval Mancha y Velasco, Bruno Mauricio de Zavala, Thomas Donvidas, Joseph Garro, Antonio de Vera Muxica, Juan Blazquez Valverde, Jacinto de Laris, Paulistas, Canoas, Chiquitos and Mamalucos.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

LEON Y GARAVITO, ANDRES DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

PARAGUAY -JESUIT ACTIVITIES: Other Types

SARMIENTO DE FIGUEROA, ALONSO - REFERENCE: Other Types

LEON, SEBASTIAN DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

HINESTROSA, GREGORIO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

MANCHA Y VELASCO, CHRISTOVAL - REFERENCE: Other Types

CANOAS - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

LANDAU, IGNACIO (CACIQUE) - REFERENCE: Other Types

MAMALUCOS - REFERENCE: Other Types

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF MISSIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

CHIQUITOS - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

RODERO, GASPAR, S.J. - DOCUMENT: Other Types

ZAVALA, BRUNO MAURICIO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

GARRO, JOSEPH - REFERENCE: Other Types

VERA MUXICA, ANTONIO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

DONVIDAS, THOMAS - REFERENCE: Other Types

BLAZQUEZ DE VALVERDE, JUAN - REFERENCE: Other Types

LARIS, JACINTO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

PAULISTAS - REFERENCE: Other Types