Collection ID: LMC 1616
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Summary

Abstract:
The Latin American mss. --Cuba, 1607-1869, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to Cuba. Additions continue to be made.
Extent:
1 folio (oversize), 1 Box (1 standard), and 1 bound
Language:
Materials are in Spanish .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Latin American mss. Cuba, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Scope and Content:

The Latin American mss. Cuba, 1607-1869, are composed principally of manuscripts in two legajos concerning the Zaldivar family. The first, by far the larger of the two, is Legajo de Documentos que acreditan los servicios prestados al Rey y a la patria, por el Sr. Dn. Jose de Zaldivar y Murguia... Covering the years 1792-1815, it contains correspondence, receipts, and records of Zaldivar y Murguia's contributions to society, the government, the army, and the King. The other legajo, containing only three items, was compiled by Zaldivar y Murguia's son after his death.

The 1756 Llave del Nuevo Mundo Antemural de las Yndias occidentales. La Havana Descripta noticias de su Fundacion aumento, y estado by Jose Martin Felix de Arrate y Acosta is in this collection. This was published in Sociedad economica des amigos del pais, (Habana, 1830-1831), t. 1, p. [1]-347.

Most of the other papers in the collection are notarial documents, some correspondence, and two royal cedulas.

Correspondents in the collection are Miguel Luis Amunategui; Rafael Angel Cowley; Felipe de Fonsdeviela y Ondeano, marques de la Torre; and Claudio Martinez de Pinillos, conde de Villanueva.

Note on Indexing Term - "Law": There is a large quantity of legal material pertaining to Latin America in these collections. Royal and viceregal decrees, both de oficio and de parte, are especially numerous.

Note on Indexing Term - "Religion": A large quantity of this material relates to religious matters.

Note on Indexing Term - "West (U.S.)" and "Americana": There are items pertaining to early settlements and colonial government in Texas, California and New Mexico, and information on Texas independence.

Acquisition information:
Acquired
Physical location:
Lilly - Stacks; Lilly - Map Case

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Latin American mss. Cuba, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu