00272 Guide to Francisco Frejes’ Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribas Barbaras Del Continente, 1820-1840 Inventory prepared by Patricia Ladd, WRC student worker, 2007. Woodson Research Center
Rice University, Houston, Texas
02132007 Finding aid encoded by Sarah Biggerstaff. 02152007 Finding aid written in Spanish. Descriptive Summary Woodson Research Center,
Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Frejes, Francisco, 1784-1845 Francisco Frejes’ Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribas Barbaras Del Continente 1820-1840 Materials are in English. MS 042 1 lin. inch (1 folder) The complete unpublished manuscript containing an account of the Church's activities in 16th century Mexico in relation to the indigenous population. Biographical Note

Francisco Frejes was a Mexican historian born in 1784 in Guadalajara where he became a noted pulpit orator in his vocation as a Franciscan friar. He transferred to the convent of Zacatecas, where he would die in 1845, to utilize its library, which contained many manuscripts from the time of Spanish conquest. In 1835 he was appointed chronicler of the convent and, in 1838, became its superior.

Frejes three most famous publications include Historia Breve de la Conquista de los Estados Independientes del Imperio Mejicano, Memoria Historica de los Sucesos mas notables de la Conquista particular de Jalisco per los Espanoles (1842), and a pamphlet on education. Most of his work was never formally published.

 Scope and Contents

This collection contains the complete unpublished manuscript of 38 leaves, a scribal copy with the author's signature at the conclusion (recto of leaf 38) entitled Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribas Barbaras Del Continente. It is largely an account of the activities of the Church in 16th century Mexico relative to the indigenous population. In many instances, the author refers to the situation in the territories of Texas and California.

 Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Francisco Frejes’ Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribas Barbaras Del Continente, 1820-1840, MS 246, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

 Preferred Citation

Francisco Frejes’ Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribas Barbaras Del Continente, 1820-1840, MS 42, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

 Acquisition Information

This collection was donated as part of the Harris Masterson collection in March of 1968.

Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Frejes, Francisco, 1784-1845 Subjects Mexico - History Subjects Church history - Modern period, 1500- Formats Manuscript Detailed Description of the Collection Series I: Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribas Barbaras Del Continente, 1820-1840 38 leaves, a scribal copy with the author’s signature at the conclusion (recto of leaf 38)