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Rivera y Moncada, Fernando de, 1725-1781 to Antonio Bucareli

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06287.06 Author/Creator: Rivera y Moncada, Fernando de, 1725-1781 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 September 1776 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 21.4 cm Order a Copy

Discusses Native American uprising of 9 August 1776. Comments on differences between Christians and "barbarian" Indians.

Rivera y Moncada, Fernando Xavier de, 1725-1781

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