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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal letter to Pedro Moya de Contreras, archbishop of Mexico

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Title

  • Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal letter to Pedro Moya de Contreras, archbishop of Mexico

Names

  • The King [Philip II of Spain]

Created / Published

  • Badajoz, June 17, 1580

Headings

  • -  Latin America--History
  • -  Tithes
  • -  College of San Juan de Letrán
  • -  Mexico Nuevo León
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  In answer to several letters of the archbishop written in 1579, especially one of April 24, the King expresses his pleasure that the prelate is fulfilling the duties of his office well and encourages him to continue to inform the Crown of the colony's needs. He notes the archbishop's report that the Indian populations of the Huasteca and Pánuco have been greatly reduced. He has commanded Captain Luis de Carvajal, who is leaving with the present fleet for the conquest of Nuevo León, to take the remaining Indians under his care and to make the roads safe with his new conquest.

Medium

  • 2 leaves

Source Collection

  • Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1877

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Online Format

  • pdf
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The King Philip Ii Of Spain. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal letter to Pedro Moya de Contreras, archbishop of Mexico. Badajoz, 1580. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-09800/.

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The King Philip Ii Of Spain. (1580) Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal letter to Pedro Moya de Contreras, archbishop of Mexico. Badajoz. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-09800/.

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The King Philip Ii Of Spain. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal letter to Pedro Moya de Contreras, archbishop of Mexico. Badajoz, 1580. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-09800/>.