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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter of recommendation for Pedro de Céspedes Vallejo

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Title

  • Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter of recommendation for Pedro de Céspedes Vallejo

Created / Published

  • Madrid, July 17, 1640

Headings

  • -  Certificates of good conduct--Spain
  • -  Don Pedro de Céspedes Vallejo
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  The letter is directed to an unnamed individual who is presumed to have some influence "con esos señores del consejo como con el señor Don Martín de Rhedin." The writer refers to Céspedes as one of the "most principal persons of the mountainous region where I was born" and mentions that he has obligations toward Céspedes. Signed holograph.

Medium

  • 1 leaf

Source Collection

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

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter of recommendation for Pedro de Céspedes Vallejo. Madrid, 1640. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-14812/.

APA citation style:

(1640) Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter of recommendation for Pedro de Céspedes Vallejo. Madrid. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-14812/.

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Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter of recommendation for Pedro de Céspedes Vallejo. Madrid, 1640. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-14812/>.