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Latin American mss. --Panama, 1578-1905

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu

Title
Latin American mss. --Panama,1578-1905

Collection No.
LMC 1625

Extent
31 items

Language
Materials are in Spanish.

Abstract
The Latin American mss. --Panama, 1578-1905, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to Panama. Additions continue to be made.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Scope and Content Note

The Latin American mss. Panama, 1578-1905, are largely composed of items from the Independence period. A series of documents concern the Batallon de Pardos Libres in 1817 and 1818 and the invasion and capture of Portobello, Panama in 1819 by Sir Gregor MacGregor, an English adventurer. Three eighteenth century manuscripts deal with church construction, tobacco, and the defenses of Panama. Included is the petition of Pedro de Vaena to Felipe II, king of Spain, in 1578.

Correspondents represented in the collection are Pedro de Arichaga; Felipe V, king of Spain; Alejandro de Hore; Jose Gregorio de Osma; Herbert Henry Davis Peirce; Juan Jose Samano y Urribarri de Rebollar y Mazorra; and Melchor Torres.

Also included are a 1745 folio-sized map of the fortifications at Fort Gatun in Panama, an 18th-century elephant folio-sized map showing the port of Portobello and its surroundings, and an undated folio-sized map showing how land can be dammed to better serve agricultural purposes.

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.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Acquired
Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation
Latin American mss. Panama, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series: Folder 1 1578-1905 
1578, Aug. 29.  Vaena, Pedro de. Petition to Felipe II, King of Spain.
1733-1776. 
1817, Feb. 24-1819, Aug. 5. 
1818, Sept. 19. Sámano y Urribarri de Rebollar y Mazorra, Juan José. To Secretario de Estado del Despacho de la Guerra.

(enclosures)

1819, June 7. Sámano y Urribarri de Rebollar y Mazorra, Juan José. To Secretario de Estado del Despacho de la Guerra.

(enclosures)

1824, Dec. 13-1905, June 28. Oversize
n.d. Maps.

(3 items)

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