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[Relacion de la entrada (in Spanish)].

Detailed account of exploration, including discussions of the evaluation of Indian tribes' prospects for conversion, the desire to obtain horses, and the reputation of Father Kino.

GLC06290

Supplementum ad historiam Primeria Alta (in Latin).

Description of expeditions of 1737 - 1748. Includes information about Indian settlements, customs and potential problems.

GLC06291

to Antonio Abarea [in Spanish]

Addresses the audience of Guadalajara on the day of the birth of Our Lady of [Loreto]. Discusses the English threat, the weakness of the Spanish crown, and the general situation of the Catholic religion in Mexico.

GLC06292

[Decree secularizing California missions and opening them to colonization].

GLC06294

Minutes of meeting of Vice Regal War Junta and Ministry of Treasury (in Spanish).

Includes a 32 point report by Serra on missionaries and soldiers of Ancillary presidios. Discusses discipline, temptations of flesh, criminal activities, supplies and attempts to separate military and religious aspects of the order in California.

GLC06295

to Hernando de Rivera (in Spanish)

Discusses salaries and rations for servants at a California mission.

GLC06296.01

re: description of precedent among soldiers re: rations and salaries, (in Spanish)

GLC06296.02

to Manuel L. Casa Fonda (in Spanish)

Report on new missions in Monterey. Includes physical conditions of the buildings, abilities of missionaries, obstacles due to local resistance among Indians, settlers and California ranchers.

GLC06297

Why the W.C.T.U. seeks the ballot.

Willard explains why the Women's Christian Temperance Union seeks suffrage for women.

GLC06306.02

to Aaron Hobart

Shares Aaron's sentiments about the death of Capt. Shaw and his brother. Questions "the tenure of life" and claims that "to live and die is all we have to do- but to die prepared ought to be our chief concern." Mentions that "things go on in their...

GLC06313.04.004