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The complete Forward may be found in
Author and Subject terms may be found in
A brief descriptive notice of the Manuel E. Gondra Collection was published by Carlos E. Castañeda and Jack Autrey Dabbs in the
Reflections on Indian conversions.
Difficulties of collection of tribute; disposition of property of expelled Jesuits; agricultural progress; financial condition of province; defense of Indian policy.
Divorce case described by José Baltazar de Casajús.
Towns: Alburquerque, Coimbra; traffic with Chiquitos province and Upper Peru as well as Río de la Plata; report of Azara.
Tax on Indian industry; alleged irregularities in remission of taxes; petty annoyances by viceroy.
Titles of honor for certain towns recommended.
Military activities of José Franco, Antonio Seoana de los Santos, José Buceta, Antonio Suárez, José Lorenzo Chávez, Miguel Chávez, José Ardalla, Marcelo Vargas, Salvador Anaya, Pablo Cevallos, Bartolomé Montenegro, Manuel Rodríguez, Félix Borda, Francisco Xavier Aldana, José Padilla, Bernardino Mercado, Manuel Terrazas, Xavier Vaca, Santiago Granados, Francisco Rivas, Antonio Landívar, Manuel Zarco, Ignacio Camargo, and other soldiers. Diary covers dates February 20 to July 29, 1800.
Portuguese activity on west bank of Paraguay River; receipt of extract of Azara's
Pacification of Guaranís; communal government of Indians.
Reasons for creating intendancy system in America. Incomplete; paragraphs 22-23 of a longer work.
Reasons for creating and abolishing repartimiento system. Incomplete.
History of explorations between Paraguay and Upper Peru; commercial advantages offered by these routes in 1800; Monte de San Fernando o Pan de Azúcar; Cabeza de Vaca; Nufrio de Chaves; Felipe de Cáceres; Santa Cruz; Puerto de los Reyes; La Jaura (?); Chiquitos; Mojos; Los Tres Hermanos; Mbayás; Ninaquiguetas; José Sánchez Labrador; Pueblo del Santo Corazón (el Potrero); Manuel Álvarez; Cuyabá; Mato Grosso; Bosque de los Ninaquiguetas; Nueva Coimbra; Apolobamba; Río Itanés (Guaporé); Serranía de San Carlos; Río Alegre; Río Barbados.
Summary of history of Río de La Plata area and cities of Buenos Aires, Asunción, Ontiveros; Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Villarrica, Santiago de Jerez and Corrientes.
Boundaries of divisions within the viceroyalty and those before the viceroyalty established. Author not given.
More than 80 towns described, including those in Misiones and other areas of Paraguay.
Notes with bibliographical references, on history of Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina, mostly between 1750 and 1800; relations with Portugal over boundaries.
Relations between José de Gálvez and Marqués de Croix; history of intendancy system in Spanish America, 1718-1768. Incomplete.
Includes extract of letter Francisco Ortega y Barrón, Director de la Renta de Tabaco, to Rivera, Asunción, April 13, 1801, “sobre los privilegios concedidos a los cosecheros contratantes del Tabaco.”
Social, economic, and political conditions in each province of viceroyalty; settlers in Patagonia, Chascomus, Rosario, and on Ríos Jarapey and Uruguay; reductions requested by Chaco Indians; Guaraní missions; foreigners in Spanish forts; royal treasury of La Paz, Oruro, Salta, Paraguay, and Potosí mines; tax, cultivation, and contraband trade in tobacco; Montevideo; Colonia del Sacramento; Río Negro; Río Parages (Salado); Río Bermejo; Río Mininai; Río de las Congojas; Arroyo Gualeguay; Itapúa Guazú; Santa Fe; San José (or Bahía de los Camarones); Puerto Deseado; aid given by Félix de Azara; services of Rafael Pérez in Maldonado; study of frontier demarcation; founding of San Gabriel de Batovi on Río Luicui (?); Río Santa María; founding of La Esperanza on Río Uruguay; Charrúa Indians; Minuane Indians; work of Jorge Pacheco, Manuel Uriarte, José Hernández, Juan Antonio de Santo Colonno, Félix Gallardo (Treasurer General of Paraguay), Antonio Rute, Antonio Obligado, and José de la Peña; raids by Pampas Indians; Indian revolt in Paraguay; possession of Malvinas Islands; Bethlemite hospital; Estancia del Colla purchased by Manuel Medina; expedition by Francisco Gavino de Arias and Lorenzo Suárez de Cantillana; estancia de la Luna; Laguna Ybera (?) (Corrientes?); trouble caused by expulsion of Jesuits; project of Manuel Victoriano de León on Río Bermejo; experiment of Antonio de las Cagigas; petition of Cabildo of Paraguay on the Chaco; notice to Diego de Albear and Félix Azara; policy of Bucareli in Misiones Territory; poverty of and abandonment of the church in Yapeyú; efforts to improve conditions of Indians; report of Feliciano del Corte (Lieutenant Governor of Concepción); appropriation of Indian lands by Spaniards in Yapeyú and Eastern Uruguay; boundary dispute of Corrientes with Yapeyú; settlement at Santo Domingo Soriano (Parage Paysandú) from Yaperú; abuses by Spanish; commission of Sr. Perison by Antonio Carrasca to build sugar and indigo factories; artillery supply at Port of San José; notes on San Estanislao, San Joaquín, and Belén; abuses of encomienda system; interference with sea trade; contraband trade; slave trade with African coast; trade with English; mutiny on English ship La Disor at Montevideo; colonists on Otalty Islands; French naval division in Montevideo, in 1800; ship of Citizen Burdichou; incident of Don Manuel Arze; bad streets in Buenos Aires; efforts of Arredondo to pave streets; election of Martín Boneo; taxation on amusements; road toll on commerce from Santa Fe, Córdoba, and Mendoza; building stone obtained from Martín García; removal of bull ring from Precinct of Monserrat; condition of Real Hacienda; charges against Fernando Biderio; Banco del rescate of Presidency of Charcas; use of mercury from Spain; capture of ships with mercury cargos; income of sisa in Salta; policing efforts of Francisco Arambarripana and Francisco Barron; competition with Brazilian trade; policy of Melo de Portugal on regulation of tabacco; reorganization by Pedro Viguera; military strength; construction of Fort San Carlos in Mendoza against Indians; difficulty of protecting Brazilian border from Portuguese; inadequacy of militia; abuses of the militia in Paraguay; cattle economy in Pampas; policy of Marqués de Loreto.
Printed: RBBA III, 450-501; TAM Anexo 68, 258-265 (folios 8v-13v only); ZGA I, xivii-xcvi (folios 1, 22v-23, 29-30); MA IV, 382-385 (folios 1, 22v-23, 29-30); MBP II, 478-480 (fragment).
Signed: Martín José de Aramburu and Juan José González.
Includes certificate by Real Hacienda del Paraguay, Asunción, June 15, 1801, on amounts furnished Chavaranás at San Juan Nepomuceno and San Carlos del Río Apá.
Signed: Martín José de Aramburu and Juan José González.
Decision to return to Asunción. Testimony by Lázaro de Rivera, Nicolás Muñoz, Marcos Vicente Lascurraín, Juan José de Loizaga, José Teodoro Fernández, Pedro Antonio de Herrera, Francisco de Quevedo, Juan Ignacio Caballero, Bartolomé Durán, Tomás de Ortega Fernández, Antonio Sánchez, Juan Francisco de Echague, and José Espínola.
Preparations for return to Asunción. Signed by captains: Antonio Sánchez, Bartolomé Durán, Francisco de Quevedo, and Gerónimo González. Includes
Withdrawal of expedition because of falling river level. Signed: Antonio Sánchez, Bartolomé Durán, Francisco de Quevedo, José Vera, José Chávez, Félix Cabrera, Gerónimo González, and Luis Jiménez.
Artillery skirmish; tempestuous weather; withdrawal; description of the fort; José Espínola placed in charge at Villarreal.
Problem of providing subsistence to troops.
Includes decree of Lázaro de Rivera, Asunción, May 12, 1802, transmitting letter.
Genealogy; petition for rank of brigadier with colonel's pay.
Growth of tobacco trade; need for protection of province. Signed Antonio Cabrera, Gregorio Tadeo de la Cerda, Bernardo de Argaña, José de Arza, Ignacio Gregorio Achar, Sebastián de Aramburu, Juan José de Loizaga, José Joaquín Baldovinos, Mariano Viana, and Pedro José Cabrera y Echeverría.
Special titles bestowed on Yutí, Caazapá, San Joaquín, and San Estanislao; data on jurisdiction of Misiones.
Treaty of peace in London, 1801, and Treaty of Amiens of March 25, 1802; territorial provisions.
Intervention of hostile Indians; Treaty of 1777.
Problem of free trade.
The diary is No. 2185 (MG 1133b).
Organization of Spanish forces to repel attack; escape from Portuguese trap. Incomplete.
Signed: Conde de Casa Valencia.
Establishment of forts at Borbón and San Carlos; Río Apá. Signed: Martín José de Aramburu, Bernabé González Bueno, and José Joaquín de Goyburú.
Signed: Martín José de Aramburu, Bernabé González Bueno, and José Joaquín de Goyburú.
Review of taxes collected and of collection system.
Fraudulent abuses of tax exemption privilege, especially in payment of tobacco tax. Signed: José Castelis, Juan Manuel Grance, Bernardo de Argaña, José García Oliveros, José Antonio de Belderrain, José de Artigarraga, Francisco Díaz de Bedoya, and Pedro José de Cabrera y Echeverría.
Cedula granting right to elect provincial officials from among royal officers in province. Includes order by Gallego transmitting papers, Buenos Aires, March 16, 1804.
Juan José de Vértiz, Nicolás de Arredondo, Juan Fernández Cornejo, José Espínola; role of Paraguay and Guaraní Indians; communication with Peru; lines of approach to Brazilian frontier.
Includes transmittal to Viceroy, Aranjuez, April 7, 1804.
Chemical analysis of Paraguayan wood and experiments in dyeing of fabrics.
Difficulty of keeping armed forces to protect province; emigration of settlers to other provinces.
Printed: RBA XXI, 172; RP, No. 4, 5.
Military career, 1773-1804; ancestry; defense of frontier during period indicated.
Decision to build fort and withdraw through Pilaya and Paspaya; condition of troops; nature of Indians. Signed: Pedro Cabero, Tiburcio Icazate, José Romualdo Morales, Gregorio Ibáñez, José Manuel Gutiérrez, Marcelo Rodríguez Valdivieso, Tomás Morales, and Juan Vaca.
Abuses of privileges of exemption from public obligations.
Difficulties besetting expedition; decision to build a fort. Signed: Pedro Cabero, José Romualdo Morales, Gregorio Ibáñez, Miguel Marcelo Rodríguez de Valdivieso, Tomás Morales, and Nicolás de Cuenca.
Relations with Viceroyalty of Buenos Aires and Audiencia de Charcas.
Maintenance of forts on Brazilian frontier. Signed: Martín José de Aramburu and José Joaquín de Goyburú. Reference to Villarreal; San Carlos del Río Apá; Tomás de Ortega; San Bernardino; Santa Fe.
Legal antecedents from 1564.
Construction of fort of San Carlos del Río Apá.
Construction of Fort San Carlos.
Final liquidation of accounts.
Role of Biedma's lieutenant, Vicente Ruiz de Arana; discord in Colegio de San José de Tarata, Colegio de Moquegua, and in a convent; opposition of prelates; fighting in streets of Santa Cruz.
Payment of taxes with tobacco in Paraguay; data on this industry; exemption enjoyed by the Marqués de Avilés.
Azara's long period of residence in the viceroyalty.
Death of Biedma.
Expedition of Pedro Cabero to quell the revolt.
Shortage of public-spirited citizens; frauds in tobacco payments; suggested abolishment of certain exemptions.
Titles, descriptions, and locations of many documents in Audiencia de Charcas Leg. 1; cronological notes on history of Paraguay, Bolivia, and northern Argentina; data on Cañete, Juan de Pino Manrique, Juan de Dios, Pedro Vicente Cañete, Luis de Velasco y Maeda, Juan Lorenzo Gaona, Lázaro de Rivera, Cayetano Soler, José Joaquín Goyburú, Juan José González, José Antonio Caballero, Pedro Blas Noseda, Juan Antonio de Zavala y Delgadillo, Carlos Morphi, Julián de Arriaga, Andrés Félix Quiñones, Martínez Fontes, Pascual de Iriarte, Diego de Otazú, Miguel de Espínola, Antonio de Otazú, José Ignacio Noble Cavelas, Luis Gerónimo Fernández de Cabrera y Bobadilla, Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros, Pedro de Toledo, Duque de la Palata, León Pereda de Sarabia, Diego de Santillán, Juan Ortiz de Zárate, Francisco de Alfaro, José Arias de Villafañe, Juan Victoriano de Martínez, Fulgencio Chaparro, Francisco Xavier Benítez, Lucas de Ariz, Dionisio Romero y Pontero, Domingo Diez de Arce, Juan de Piedras Albas, and Diego Rodríguez de Valdés.
Brief notes on reports in AGI 122-5-1 of Lázaro de Rivera, Joaquín de Alós, Pedro Melo de Portugal, Agustín de Pinedo, Bernardo Velasco, Juan de Vergara, Jaime San Just, Marcos José de Larrazábal, Martínez Fontes, Fulgencio de Yegros, Carlos Morphi, Rafael de la Moneda, Antonio Porlier, José de Gálvez, José Venancio de la Rosa, García de Francia, Miguel Cayetano Soler, Pedro de Alvarado, Antonio Miguel de Leros y Matas, José Baltazar Casajús, Juan Bautista Quin de Valdelirios, Juan de Machaín, Tomás de Ortega Fernández, Fermín de Arredondo Lobatón, Antonio González Aguilar, José Luis Pereira, Pedro Ignacio de Aguiar, Miguel Rubio y Díaz, José Gabriel Barreiro, Antonio Cabrera, Eugenio de Llaguno, Dr. Bernardino Antonio Berou, José Patiño, Dr. Pablo Nadal, Antonio Arriaran, M. D., Pedro de Ceballos, Dionisio Romero, Marqués de la Ensenada, Juan Chaves de Olivera, Antonio Moreira, Julián de Arriaga, Duque de Alba, Marqués de San Juan de Piedra, Juan Miguel de Lugasti, Felipe de Altolaguierre, Domingo Ortiz de Rosas, Francisco Martínez Lobato, José del Campillo, Miguel de Villanueva, Conde del Montijo, Manuel Agustín Ruiloba Calderón, Marqués del Castelfuerte, Sebastián Patiño, José Baltazar Villasanti, Miguel Gregorio de Zamalloa, Manuel Corbalán (Zavala?), Bogarín, Agustín de Arecutaqué; Ship: María la Afortunada; Curuguatí; Tobatís, Mbayás, Payaguás, Abipones, Mocovís; Igatimí; Itapucú; Chavaraúa (?); Taguarí; Guanás.
Velasco's appointment as intendant Governor of Paraguay including the 30 towns of Misiones; cultivation among the Guaraní Missions; trade between Paraguay and Buenos Aires; inadequacy of the Renta de Tabacos and fortifications; danger to Paraguay from Portuguese; report of Félix Azara and Miguel Lastarria; need for new plan for defense, to include Guaraní Missions; letter of Marqués de Avilés; Lázaro de Rivera; certification by Manuel Benítez.
Printed: ALP 328-332; AEZ I, 303-308 (in English); TAM No. 70, 270-277; BE 110-123.
Case of Pedro Vicente Cañete.
Cédula of May 17, 1803; complaints of Lázaro de Rivera against Marqués de Avilés; role of Marqués de Sobremonte. Extracted from four letters of Rivera and signed by Pedro Aparici and Francisco Viaño.
Abuses committed by Espíndola on citizens of Villarreal; his role in Montevideo campaign; his successor, Carlos Genovés.
Continuance of command under the commandant at Yapeyú.
Indian customs; founding of Piray and 19 other missions; work of Pino Manrique, Fray Francisco del Pilar, Francisco de Biedma, Fray Narciso de Vega, Fray Pedro de Santiago, and missionaries of the Colegio de Tarija; spiritual and temporal rule of the missions; economic life. Covers years 1680-1807. Reference to Santa Cruz; Los Sauces; San Lorenzo de la Barranca; Bishop Herboso; Paratití; Tobas; Mataguaces; Piray; Cabeza; Florida; Abapó.
Fragmentary correspondence of commander at Remolinos, Andrés Alarcón y Salazar; military and material needs of the fort. Copy by José Falcón (1871?).
Commandant Mariano Benítez and Pedro José Recalde; river crossings generally used by Indians.
Military post at Remolinos, Lambaré, San Antonio, Ñundiay, Macaipará, Angostura, and Villeta; list of arms supplied.
Military post at Macaipirá, Angostura, Borbón, and Apá; role of Ignacio Samaniego and José Joaquín Baldovinos.
Efforts of Portuguese to increase their possessions; assignment of additional troops to frontier.
The author was ecclesiastical judge of eight towns on west bank of Paraná, Bishopric of Paraguay.
Includes concessions by Bishop Panés, Asunción, February 22, 1810.
Election held in the cabildo. Signed: José de Astigarraga, Juan Antonio Fernández, Bernardo de Argaña, José Ibáñez Pacheco, José de Arza, Pedro Pablo Martínez Saenz, Antonio Llayaga, Francisco Antonio de Celaya, Fernando de la Mora, Juan Antonio Caballero de Añasco, Roque Antonio Fleita, and José Gaspar de Francia.
Appraisal of military situation on Iberian peninsula. Includes
Supplement to petition of December 9, 1809. Includes concession by Bishop Panés for 6 years, 1810-1815, Asunción, February 27, 1810.
Justice of his cause; suggested military reforms. Signed: Bernardo de Haedo, Antonio de Recalde, José Esteban de Arza, José García del Barrio, Francisco Riera, Joaquín de Enterría, Francisco Díaz de Bedoya, Martín José de Yegros, José Antonio Robles, and Juan Antonio Fernández.
Replacement by Francisco María Rodríguez and Carlos Genovés. Includes
Includes transmittal of the cédula by the Junta Gubernativa de Buenos Aires, June 19, 1810.
Flight of Colonel Espíndola; tranquility of the province.
Includes appointment of Juan Francisco Agüero by the Junta Gubernativa de Buenos Aires, September 27, 1810, title page only.
Revolts in Chuquisaca and Potosí; alliance with English.
Imprisonment of Liniers and other royal officials; military plans of Junta de Buenos Aires; loyalty of Paraguay to the Crown.
Witnesses Benedicto Sanabria, José Antonio Dávalos, Inocencio Sanabria, and Marcelo Benítez.
Contains endorsements of several clerics.
Effort of Captain José de Córdoba to join Liniers; expedition against Governor Velasco in Paraguay.
Letters dispatched to Colonels Gracia and Cerda in Paraguay; additions to expedition; Francisco Antonio Candioti, Francisco Andreu y Culebrán, and Félix Aldao.
Printed: MEP I, 243-244.
Printed: MEP I, 244.
Printed: MEP I, 244-245.
Cisneros' letter is dated Buenos Aires, June 21, 1810. This document bears signature and rubric of author but is probably a contemporary copy. Followed by copied endorsements of several village curates.
Printed: MEP I, 245.
Complaint about damage done by animals of Palacios.
Military governor, elections, and the escape of Cabañas.
Capture of José de Córdoba; capture of Potosí; campaign of Belgrano against Velasco in Paraguay; blockade of Buenos Aires.
Letter to Elías Galván, Lieutenant Governor of Corrientes, decreeing thirty reforms of the Junta de la Plata, granting freedom and proprty rights to Indians; “el Inga de fierro.”
Cerro de Ubaé.
Danger from Belgrano; battle at Itapúa Pass; work of Urbano and Domingo Soriano del Monje; report of skirmishes with rebel troops; successes of loyalists.
Recommendations for changes in officer personnel.
Personal precautions; ships from Montevideo in Paraná River; plan for defeat of Paraguayans; capture of Montevideo; medals for soldiers of Tacuarí.
Printed:
Narrow escape from ambush; letter from Manuel Cabañas; plea for reform in officer personnel; Velasco.
Work of Ignacio Aguirre; passes of Itapúa and Candelaria cut off from rebels; retreat of insurgents; surrender of Machaín; truce of Cabañas with José Alberto Echevarría; significance of Battle of Tacuarí; addressed to Viceroy Javier Elío.
Dependence on Ferdinand VII; troops of Velasco in Paraguay; opposition of Marqués de Casa Irujo to use of Portuguese troops; attitude of Marchal Vigodet; work of Junta at Buenos Aires; attack on fort of Santa Teresa.
Use of 200 Portuguese soldiers at Candelaria pass to oppose Belgrano; refusal of Liñares to accept Portuguese aid.
Request of Velasco for Portuguese help against Belgrano; influence of Lord Strangford.
Portuguese intervention.
Military role of Caballero; junta composed of Cabañas, Gamarra, Caballero, Padre Caballero, and Dr. Francia. Letter written to Vicente Mila de la Roca?
Treason of old government; letter carried by Luis Caminos.
Revolts in Buenos Aires and Montevideo; refusal of Portuguese help by Viceroy Elío and Governor Vigodet; mission of Manuel Zarratea; attitude of Lord Strangford to revolt in La Plata; relations between the Conde de Liñares and Saturnino Rodríguez Peña; assembly of troops in Paraguay.
Letter brought to the Junta by Luis Caminos.
Influence of foreigners on popular opinion; campaign of Portuguese in Entre Ríos.
Addressee not named.
Signed: Cornelio de Saavedra, Domingo Martheu, Juan de Magón, Juan Francisco Tarragona, and Manuel Ignacio Molinas.
Donated as prize to be given by Belgrano for meritorious service.
Review of battles of Itapúa and Tacuarí; testimony of Tomás Rocamora, Gregorio Perdriel, and Antonio Segovia.
Printed:
Rebellion in Paraguay; prohibition of commerce.
Refusal to negotiate except on basis of independence of Paraguay. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, José Gaspar de Francia, Pedro Juan Caballero, and Fernando de la Mora.
Printed: WDP, 37-38.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, José Gaspar de Francia, Pedro Juan Caballero, and Fernando de la Mora.
Printed: CAH I, 349-352; CCC I, 349-352.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, José Gaspar de Francia, Pedro Juan Caballero, and Fernando de la Mora.
Secession of Paraguay and selection of a national flag; conspiracy against Buenos Aires.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, José Gaspar de Francia, and Pedro Juan Caballero.
Safeconduct for Belgrano and Echevarría. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, José Gaspar de Francia, Pedro Juan Caballero, and Fernando de la Mora.
Deposit of documents in Archives of the Cabildo.
Feliciano Chiclana, Juan José Paso, and Manuel de Zarratea.
Justification for trend of events in Paraguay. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, José Gaspar de Francia, Pedro Juan Caballero, and Fernando de la Mora.
Portuguese threats to Spanish provinces; mission of Belgrano and Echevarría. Signed: Feliciano Antonio Chiclana, Manuel de Zarratea, and Juan José Paso.
Printed: CCC I, 333-334; without introduction; CAH I, 333-334.
Portuguese threats against Montevideo.
Signed: Feliciano Antonio Chiclana, Manuel de Zarratea, Juan José Paso, and Bernardino Rivadavia, secretary.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, José Gaspar de Francia, Manuel Belgrano, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, Vicente Anastasio de Echevarría, and Pedro Feliciano de Cavia.
Printed: CAH I, 353-356; AAM Anexo C, No. 47, 250-253; AMP Exhibit C, No. 47, 136-138 (in English), 317-319 (in Spanish); CCC I, 353-356; WDP 44-47. See also No. 2407.
Policy toward Montevideo; activities of Francisco del Rivero and Joaquín Campana; defeat of Buenos Aires troops in Guaquí.
Decision of Belgrano and Echevarría to return to Buenos Aires.
Gala reception of Belgrano and Echevarría in Asunción.
Publication of treaty in full, dated Asunción, October 12, 1811. Proclamation signed: Fulgencio Yegros, José Gaspar de Francia, Pedro Juan Caballero, and Fernando de la Mora.
Intentions of Brazil.
Brazilian pretentions against adjoining Spanish provinces.
Release of Bernardo de Velasco and loyal cabildo; imprisonment of Belgrano and Echevarría; written for the oidor Cañete.
Written to Junta in Asunción requesting release from prison of Governor Velasco, his nephew, and the Cabildo; Viceroy Abascal, Elío, General Goyeneche. Francia, and Bogarín.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, José Gaspar de Francia, Pedro Juan Caballero, and Fernando de la Mora.
Seizure of 800 bales of yerba mate from Juan Parga (Varga?), property of Candevilla.
Request for Echevarría's return to Buenos Aires; effort to make Goyeneche evacuate Peru.
Claims against San Estanislao for ownership of 129 bales of tea;
Printed: BEF 71 (page 1 only).
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, and Fernando de la Mora.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, and Fernando de la Mora.
Acceptance of Baldovinos; conspiracy of Pedro Vicente Candevilla; removal of Francisco Bogarín; Power of José Gaspar de Francia. Signed: Juan Valeriano Ceballos, Juan José Montiel, Francisco Pablo Caballero, Pedro Vicente Frasqueri, Juan Antonio Aréstegui, Anselmo Agüero, Carlos Isasi, Santiago Baez, and Dionisio Canisa.
Right to elect Baldovinos; removal of Francisco Bogarín. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, and Fernando de la Mora.
Unsigned, undated. Relative to treaty of October 2, 1811?
Includes poem on subject.
Unsigned and undated.
Campaign of Artigas against Portuguese. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, and Mariano Larios Galván, secretary.
Seizure of tea by Juan García Parga and Francisco Echeverría. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando Mora and Mariano Larios Galván, secretary.
Treaties between Montevideo and Buenos Aires; Portuguese troops in Uruguay; Artigas declared a rebel. Signed: Feliciano Chiclana, Manuel de Zarratea, Juan José Paso, and Bernardino Rivadavia, secretary.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, and Mariano Larios Galván, secretary.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Invasion of Portuguese through Fort Miranda and Guachié; reinforcements of forts at Borbón and San Carlos; Artigas' attack on Portuguese in Uruguay; reinforcement of passes on the Paraná and Itapúa; need for arms.
Printed: MMC II, 13-15.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Antonio Martínez, courier. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Mission of Manuel Belgrano; insolvency of province.
Earliest boundaries; activities of Cabeza de Vaca, Irala, José Sánchez Labrador, Juan Bautista, Gaspar Juárez, Melchor Rodríguez, Ñufrio de Chaves, José de Espínola, Francisco Amansio González, Félix Azara, Adriano Cornejo, and Lorenzo Suárez de Cantillana; data on founding of Chuquisaca, Belén, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Buena Esperanza, and reductions in the Chaco. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, and M. Larios Galván, secretary.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Limits of the Chaco; its Indians; river navigation in the Río de la Plata provinces. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, and Mariano Larios, secretary.
Political activity of Bernardo de Velasco and Pedro Gracia; report of Manuel Belgrano; Rafael Ruiz at Montevideo; work of José Antonio Zavala; escape of Sebastián Olamburú; protection provided by Blas José de Rojas; difficulties of river commerce. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Portuguese influence in Montevideo; Artigas' need of aid. Signed: Feliciano A. Chiclana, Manuel de Zarratea, Juan José Paso, and Bernardino Rivadavia, secretary.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro J. Caballero, Fernando Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro J. Caballero, Fernando Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Signed: Manuel de Zarratea, Feliciano Chiclana, Bernardino Rivadavia, and Nicolás Herrera, secretary.
Plan of Artigas; uprising under Francisco B. Laguardia. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro J. Caballero, Fernando Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Collected by Lázaro Rojos and José Fortunato Franco. Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro J. Caballero, Fernando de la Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Signed: Fulgencio Yegros, Pedro J. Caballero, Fernando Mora, and Mariano L. Galván, secretary.
Request that cases under jurisdiction of Corrientes be submitted to governor of that province. Signed: Manuel de Zarratea, Feliciano A. Chiclana, Bernardino Rivadavia, and Nicolás Herrera, secretary.
Signed: Manuel de Zarratea, Feliciano A. Chiclana, Bernardino Rivadavia, and Nicolás de Herrera, secretary.
Ruiz' plot with pirates of Montevideo.
Raids of Mbayás and Guanás.
Correspondence with governor of Coimbra over exchange of Indian prisoners.
Boat and 2 canoes for use in river communication.
Disposition of 5th Company of Infantry.
Includes decree by Fernando de la Mora, Villarreal, November 17, 1812 and report by Comandante de Villa Real, November? 1812. Charge against José Ignacio Villagarcía.
Pedro José Benítez and Juan Manuel Álvarez. Includes also order of the Junta Gubernativa del Paraguay, Asunción, November 11, 1812, transmitting complaint to Fernando de la Mora in Villarreal for decision; signed: Yegros, Caballero, and Larios Galván.
Disposition of troops of blandengues.
Expedition planned against the Mbayás and Guanás. With acceptance by Fernando de la Mora, Villarreal, December 18, 1812.
Acceptance of Mora's offer of 100 pesos for Church at Villarreal.
Includes also order of the Junta, Asunción, November 5, 1812, for certificates by Gregorio Tadeo de la Cerda and Juan Decoud; signed: Caballero and Larios Galván. Includes also certificate by Tadeo de la Cerda, Asunción, November 6, 1812 and another by Decoud, Asunción, November 6, 1812.
Neither addressee nor town in question is named.
Preamble and twenty-seven articles of a proposed constitution.
Superimposed upon a fragmentary copy in Spanish of Constitution of the United States.
Brief history of Peru and Quito, including their struggles with the Indians and Portuguese; separation of Buenos Aires.
Signed: Antonio de Posiga, Hilario Ramos Mercia, and Justo Lynch.
Also relations with the Guanás.
Celedonio José del Castillo and Vicente Antonio Matianda.
Arrival of Juan Esteban Lenguazas; advice to the Paraguayans by Celedonio José del Castillo; letter of Lenguazas to Vicente Anastasio Matianda.
Information of revolt sent to Pérez Planes; request that 400 single men be sent to Peru for military service.
Includes also extract of letter Bartolomé Coronel to Belgrano, Candelaria, May 22, 1811, on deposition of Velasco and request for aid.
Includes also answer of the Supremo Poder.
Acknowledgment of communication of November 11; Copy bears this note: “Las notas que se relacionan con lo que en esta se consigna véanse en la Revista Nacional, T. II, Pag. 253.”
Proclamation of the Indian, Pascual Charrúa; news of garrison at Mandisoví.
Activities of Pascual Charrúa, Domingo Manduré, and Vicente Antonio Matianda.
Includes answer by the Supremo Gobierno de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata, December 18, 1813.
Vicente Anastasio Matianda (?); theft of letters by Paraguayan leader. Signed: Manuel Ibacarí, Juan José Mondau, and Miguel Avareté.
Feigned madness of brother of Fulgencio Yegros; council of war convened by Diego de Longa; complaint against Matianda; insecurity of mails. Includes also answer of the Junta Gubernativa de Buenos Aires, February 3, 1814.
Fulgencio Suárez de Figueroa, Pedro Crespo, Diego de la Vega, Joaquín del Pino, Pedro Vicente Cañete, and Pedro Melo de Portugal.
Jara was priest at San Ignacio Guazú.
Addressed to Francisco Jara (?).
Imprisonment of Luis de Zavala.
Juan Esteban de Zavala; Damiana Funes; Gertrudis Peña.
Explanation justifying this innovation.
Conditions established by Roque Antonio Céspedes.
Juan Antonio Picasarria, Juan Pedro Esnasla, and Nicolás Posada; includes copy of royal order of January 29, 1819, signed by the Marqués de Casa Irujo, addressed to the Captain General of Extremadura that Quiñones and colleagues be allowed to proceed to Madrid.
Fifty-one articles regulating attempts to re-establish royal authority.
Printed: FCR No. 1, iii-xi.
Arrival at Rio de Janeiro of commissioners to cooperate in pacification of Río de la Plata.
Feliciano del Río.
Letter of instructions; Pedro Antonio de Olañeta; Guillermo Marquiegui; José San Martin.
Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, Feliciano del Río, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Permission for commission to land and treat with Junta on basis of complete independence.
Appointment of Feliciano del Río to the commission.
Offer to accept the commission on the basis of recognition of Argentine independence. Includes also transmittal by Marcos Balcarce, Buenos Aires, January 10, 1821 to Manuel Herrera, Tomás Comyn, Feliciano del Río, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Report to the king of return of Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, Feliciano del Río, and Manuel Martín Mateo from Montevideo.
Charges made against the commission by the Junta at Buenos Aires. Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Printed: FCR II, Apéndice No. 2, xi-xvii.
Delay in decision to withdraw from Rio de Janeiro. Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Note of the Junta of Buenos Aires to commission for the pacification of the Río de la Plata.
Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Signed: Manuel Herrera. Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Departure of Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Foreign influences on the revolt; relations with the Brazilian court; work of Marqués de Casaflores; closing of the port of Montevideo; anarchy in Buenos Aires; failure of mission. Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Signed: Manuel Herrera, Tomás de Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Relation of Francisco Candioti to the plot; testimony taken by Ramón Vargas and Mateo Fleitas.
Alleged collusion of Cabañas with José Artigas; roles of Manuel Román, Francisco Antonio Aldao, and Juan Bautista Brito. Testimony taken by Ramón Vargas and Mateo Fleitas.
News of Ferdinand's annulment of the acts of the constitutional Spanish government. Letter is probably for Baldomero Espartero; reference to Gregorio de Las Heras.
Addressed to Manuel Herrera, Tomás Comyn, and Manuel Martín Mateo.
Signed: Manuel de Arroyo y Pinedo, president of the Junta; Severo Malavia, secretary; with approval of Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, June 20, 1823.
Twelve articles, signed by Bernardino Rivadavia, Antonio Luis Pereyra, and Luis La Robla.
Hopes of re-establishing royal power in Peru, Chile, and Colombia; Olañeta; Bolívar; Salta; Tucumán.
Interference of Louis XVIII in affairs of Spain. Signed: Manuel de Arroyo y Pinedo, president of the Junta, and José Severo Malavia, secretary; Pereyra; La Robla. Accompanied by another copy from one made by Manuel Lugarvi.
Account of selection, arrival at Buenos Aires, and subsequent negotiations; role of Juan Gregorio de Las Heras; Pedro Antonio de Olañeta; Duque de Angulema.
Copy sent to José de la Serna.
Attempt to reconcile provinces.
Record of efforts to pacify Buenos Aires.
Conditions of national forces in Peru.
Foreign trade of Argentina; abolishment of export duties; trade with France; governmental organization.
Expedition of Santa Cruz and Gamarra.
Tupiza; Las Heras; Domingo de Vidart.
Recent military events in Peru; activities of Santa Cruz, Gamarra, and Sucre; Arica; Ica; Torata; Moquegua; Oruro.
Espartero's appointment by Viceroy of Peru.
Trip to Tojo (Tupiza?) projected.
Letter probably for Baldomero Espartero.
Mission of Baldomero Espartero.
Penury of the commissioners.
Detailed correspondence concerning commission with letters from cabildo of Asunción (Fulgencio Yegros, José Gaspar de Francia, Pedro Juan Caballero, Fernando de la Mora) to Manuel Belgrano and Vicente Anastacio de Echevarria and the Junta of Buenos Aires, represented by Bernardo Rivadavia.
Includes undated copy of note sent by commissioners to Viceroy of Peru; news of the commissioners' intention to retire to Montevideo.
Capitulations of Canterac and Olañeta; recognition of Argentine independence by England.
Divine right of king; Locke's philosophy of government; role of the Catholic Church.
English threats against Montevideo; welcome given General Houghton; expulsion of Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros; help of José Manuel de Goyeneche y Barceda; Franch destruction of wine stores in Jerez; agents sent to Chile, Mato Grosso, Chiloé, and Peru; data on Dr. Francia.
Conditions in Buenos Aires; vulnerability of the colonies.
Instigation of war between Brazil and Argentina; possible interference of France; confidence in Manuel Sierra; plan for capture of Buenos Aires.
Plea for royal audience with Fort.
Plans of Francia in Paraguay; Paraguayan comission at Cádiz; arrival of Ernesto Antonio de Souza Yegros; interviews with Francisco de Lea Bermúdez; comission to Portugal; relations with Juan Antonio de Rojas Quiypo; mission to the Intendent Juan de Módenes.
Loyalty of Paraguayan commission; work of José Agustín Fort.
Summary of colonial administrative bodies in Spain under the Bourbons, emphasizing their weaknesses.
Return to Spanish allegiance discussed.
Extracts from documents concerning Mariano de la Torre y Vera, Olañeta, and Francisco Viola; relations with Brazil.
Order that deserters be questioned on whereabouts of Guaná Indians.
Appointment of Bruno Vallarino, Manuel María Arbizu, Joaquín Cisternés, Francisco Quevedo, and Juan Gualberto González to investigate abuse relating to substance of these documents.
Investigation of plans of Buenaventura Borras, Manuel Viola, and Mariano de la Torre y Vera for the reconquest of Peru; fraudulent nature of the plans.
Partido of la Recoleta; Ortiz in capacity as president of the Administrative Junta and Alvarez as treasurer.
Collection of taxes.
Summary of charges against Cabañas. Includes also certificate of compliance by Policarpo Patiño, Asunción, August 14, 1833, and order of Francia, August 31, 1833, for erasure of title of Colonel in records.
Testimonies of Juan Crisóstomo Villalba and Francisco Antonio Aldao.
Collection of taxes.
State of the General Treasury.
Mostly anonymous; one is signed María Genoveva, May 19, 1844; another bears the name Ismail, and still another Felipe Busó.
Collection of taxes by Juan Antonio Arévalo.
Collection of taxes by Juan Antonio Arévalo.
Collection of taxes by Juan Antonio Arévalo.
Collection of taxes by Juan Antonio Arévalo.
Collection of taxes by Juan Antonio Arévalo.
Review of boundary question between Paraguay and Brazil from Papal Bull of May 4, 1493 to April 3, 1840.
Action deferred until next session of Congress. Signed: Medina and Benítez.
Suppression of Provisional Junta; establishment of new government; rights and duties of each branch of government; data on estate of Francia. Includes also agreement of military commanders of Asunción on suppression of the Junta Provisional de Gobierno as usurpers.
Ecclesiastical and military affairs of Paraguay. Includes also answer.
Order for the use of military caps.
Plot of ground given to elder Miranda by Manuel Cabañas.
Includes description and location of property in question. Also certificate by Benito Martínez Varela, November 9, 1843, of transmittal of decree of the Supremo Gobierno. Also certificate of compliance by Juan Antonio Ovelar, Partido de Piribebuy, December 20, 1843, and summons issued to Susana Espinosa.
Twenty-five citizens possessing adjoining lands summoned. Includes second summons to Susana Espinosa, January 8, 1844.
Measuring of area in question. Signed: Ovelar, José Rosario Miranda, Francisco Antonio Brito, and Antonio Tomás Martínez.
Conclusion of measurement of the land; grant of possession to José Rosario Miranda. Signed by all adjoining owners. Includes also transmittal to the Supremo Gobierno, Igaguí, January 17, 1844.
Includes also certificate of payments, by Benito Martínez Varela, February 8, 1844, signed Miranda and Juan Antonio Ovelar, and certificate of copy made by Varela, Asunción, March 4, 1844.
Data on opening of schools.
Charages that Corrientes and Paraguay are aiding the Unitarians.
News of the Machaín family; Marín's debt to the Zavalas; Ángel Goyechea.
Detention of wife of Ocampos and José Ignacio Peña.
Acceptance of office of provisional secretary of Episcopal Curia.
Reassignment of Manuel Antonio Adorno to aid Juan Gregorio Urbieta and appointment of Moreno as temporary secretary.
Request for permission to marry María Lorenza Lugo. Conceded in indorsement by López.
Proof of status as widower; marriage proposed with María Lorenza Lugo; bishop's endorsement ordering banns.
Testimony given before Manuel Antonio Adorno.
Testimony given before Manuel Antonio Adorno.
Notifications given bishop and José María Paz.
Order for dismissal of Manuel Antonio Adorno for conduct toward General José María Paz.
Summary of life; death of wife; intent to marry Maria Lorenza Lugo.
List of books in library of suppressed Convento de Franciscanos in Villarrica.
Summary of boundary changes between Paraguay and Argentina.
Request for permission to marry Mercedes Sanabria. Granted by an indorsement of López.
Located between Tacuní-Pitá and the fort of Bella Vista by order of president.
Granted in indorsement by López.
With transmittal to heirs of Duré by Goyburú, Asunción, August 11, 1856.
Detailed instructions for training of recruits, parade drill, and battle formations. Found on board the “Jejuy” June 11, 1865. Presented to Gondra by José J. Biedma. May, 1902.
Transmittal of a poem attacking López, published in La Prensa, November 18, 1857, with the request that it be reprinted.
Signed by José Domingo Ortiz in illness of seller.
Military matters.
Natalicio Talavera and his personal affairs.
Five stanzas of a song.
Essay on relations with Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru.
Tranquility and unity treated as essentials to progress. Based on the
Fragment of essay on government in Paraguay.
Bears the autograph of Carolina Coronado.
Manuel A. Palacios mentioned.
Purchase and shipment of 400,000 percussion caps by writer to addressee.
Contains annotation by F. Egurquiza, dated April, 1895, supporting Soto's views.
Negotiations over sale of iron by Soto for Egurquiza.
Attitude of President Berro of Uruguay.
Brazil's efforts to collect debt owed by Argentina; shipment of iron from Montevideo.
Probable authors of the report; religious agitation in Uruguay.
Arrival of
Report of revolution in Paraguay.
Role of Santiago Botana.
Adverse criticism of Bernardo Berro; status of religious problem; new elections to be held.
Denial of published reports on Calvo.
Opinion on situation of Flores.
Defeat of Flores; role of Buenos Aires government.
Appraisal of Uruguayan internal politics.
Names of new ministers.
Relations between General Urquiza and President Mitre in Argentina.
Rumors of an understanding with the rebels.
Praise of President López; ethics of diplomacy.
Role of Urquiza in Entre Ríos and Corrientes.
False reports on General Lamas; disturbed political situation in Uruguay incidental to selection of successor to President Berro.
Emphasis on treaties negotiated in 18th and 19th centuries. First 163 leaves are nearly all missing
Commemoration of victory at Corrales.
Has source references.
Note says document was found on Paraguayan ship
Includes biographical sketch of José Carlos Riveros.
Affairs of state and relations with Brazil over boundary problem; preparations for and details of Paraguayan War.
Poem on death of General Díaz.
Descriptions, with some direct quotations, of maps and documents relating to Paraguay, emphasizing period 1750-1800. Includes historical data on Paraguay, Peru, Upper Peru, and provinces of Río de la Plata. Locations in Museum are given.
Includes territory of Misiones and district of Pedro González. Covers years 1536-1811.
Covers period 1554-1871; based on documents in ruined national archives.
Based on documents in national archives of Paraguay; covers years 1536-1832.
Two letters from Comandante Pedro Antonio Mier to Governor Intendent Bernardo de Velasco in Asunción.
Cédula of 1803 placing territory under Asunción; unsuccessful Belgrano expedition of 1810; treaty of amity and commerce between Buenos Aires and Asunción, October 12, 1811; recognition of control of Paraguay over Misiones.
Summary of history of the two provinces, 1624-1832.
Concepción del Río Bermejo, Vera, Guairá, and Jerez.
Petition of Indians for a mission on west bank of Paraguay River; favorable action by Cabildo of Asunción; heroic role of Paraguayan priest, Amansio González; end of mission; site of first Villa Occidental.
Covers years 1826-1839; fortresses are Santa Elena, Monteclaro, Orange, and Formoso.
Allegiance to Paraguay sworn by garrisons of Santa Elena, Monteclaro, Orange, and Formoso in December 1842.
Survey of history of Paraguay, 1536-1872.
Bolivian pretentions to the Chaco.
Copied in 1917 by Rafael Decoud from archives of the author.
Efforts to open commercial route to Bolivia. Includes a chart showing location of various points.
Issued by a Masonic order, Nueva Hiram.
Effected May 27, 1836. Also data on relations between Antonio Recalde and Francia.
Patriotic poem by a Bolivian in honor of the Paraguayan soldier in the war with Brazil.
Economic appraisal of area.
Genealogy of Segundo Decoud.
From Vol. III, Demarcaciones de Límites en la América... por D. V. Aguirre in the Dirección de Hidrografía, Madrid.
Includes copies of three letters written by Boggiani to José Casado describing experiences and observations in the Chaco.
Plan for forestalling possible German attack during Algeciras crisis.
Illustrated with photographs from expedition.
Printed: BIG XXIII, 58-85.
Complete official daily record from April 24 to September 6. Signed: Domingo Krause for Argentina and Elías Ayala for Paraguay.
Printed: BIG XXIII, 86-119.
Text in French. British military aid to Belgium in event of German aggression.
Several letters and charts, mostly addressed to Ernesto T. Haug; other odd pieces relative to litigations and surveyors' notes.
News via the “Paraguay Land and Cattle Company” of Bolivian forts on Pilcomayo River. Decree bears no seal or signature.
Includes copy of proposed treaty and full-page map showing areas in question. Signed:
Data taken from 60 maps published between 1638 and 1914.
German accusation of British-Belgian breach of faith of treaty guaranteeing neutrality of Belgium. Includes Spanish translations of documents 2795 (MG 1979) and 2799 (MG 1966). In Spanish.
Includes three copies of diplomatic correspondence exchanged between Paraguay and United States relative to the latter's rupture of diplomatic relations with Germany and subsequent declaration of war.
No signatures.
Most of the documents listed were copied and are included in the MS collection of Sr. Gondra. This index often includes a brief summary of content.
Hand drawn and colored in brown and green, showing the main geographical features in the area 11° S to 36° S and 307° E to 329° E, rivers, mountains, towns, and Indian tribes.
Copy drawn on paper in yellow and red. Covers area 0° to 24° S and from the city of Para to San Cristóbal, showing terrain features, towns, political boundaries. Copied from Archivo de la Dirección de Hidrografía, Madrid. Certified by Joaquín de Ariza y Estrada in Madrid, December 8, 1901, as copied from Portuguese original by anonymous author. Copy by Guillermo de Federico.
On oiled cloth, hand-colored in blue, red, and brown, showing mostly area between Ríos Paraná and Uruguay. Original in the
Shows the Paraná River, its tributaries, and a few towns. Drawn in ink, black, blue, and red, on cloth. Has note: “mapa que embio el Sor Sevallos.”
On tracing cloth in black ink; shows the area 18° S to 35° S and 311° E to 324° E.; the Paraná river system from Buenos Aires north to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with locations of Indian tribes indicated. Includes two insets 10.5 × 14.5 cm., showing methods of defending a village with one and with two forts.
The Paraná River with its tributaries; many towns, reductions, and missions located by legends on vertical margins. Drawn in black, blue, and red ink on tracing cloth by Julio Ramón de César.
Drawn on tracing cloth, rivers in blue, boundary line in red dots; shows the area 12° S to 25° S and 55° W to 71° W, Paris Meridian; the river system in Province of Chiquitos and of Mojos as far east as the Río Paraná.
Hand-colored in red, green, and purple on cloth. Covers area 23° S to 29° 20' S and from Ñembucú to the Valle de Calchaquí, showing terrain features, towns, a few Indian tribes, and projected construction.
Drawn on tracing cloth; covers area 12° S to 20° S and 48° W to 65° W, Meridian of Cádiz; shows many geographical features, towns, missions, and roads; with marginal notes on direction of boundaries. Certified copy from Dirección de Hidrografía, Madrid, December 8, 1901, signed Joaquín de Ariza y Estrada. Copy by Guillermo de Federico.
Hand-colored on cloth, in bluish green, brown, and red; covers area 15° S to 36° S and 303° to 321° E, showing main geographic features and towns; an inset on upper right, 10 × 11 cm. shows the Plano del Trozo de Fierro (Iron chunk); another inset presents profile from east.
Colored drawing in red and green of the area 17° 15″ S to 26° 15″ S and 304° to 316° 30″ E (Meridian not specified); shows coast of Chile to the Llanos de Manso and the Cordillera de los Chiriguanos infieles; locations of towns and cities, mountains, and
Copy drawn on tracing cloth; covers area 9° S to 21° S and 58° W to 68° W, Meridian of Paris; terrain features, towns, trails, and boundaries of Indian tribes. Certified by Joaquín de Ariza y Estrada as copy from the Colección Felipe Bauza. Copy by Guillermo Federico.
Tracing on cloth; covers area 15° S to 25° S and 310° E to 330° E, showing details of the river systems, native tribes, and some mountains in southern Brazil and north Paraguay. Copy certified from original [1800?] by Joaquín de Ariza y Estrada.
Tracing from anonymous original; shows Indian tribes, towns, rivers, and missions; covers area from Loreto Mission south to Río de la Plata. Copy certified by Joaquín de Ariza y Estrada, Archivist, December 8, 1901. Copy by Guillermo de Federico.
Tracing of original map on paper, hand-colored in red, blue, and yellow, showing outlines of South America, Southern Africa and Asia, with the chief political divisions of South America. Includes an inset, 34.5 × 41 cm., entitled Carta Corografica/ del Virreinato de las Provincias/ del Rio de la Plata, of the area 11° S to 36° S and 8° E to 14° W, Meridian of Buenos Aires; shows geographic features, towns, political divisions, and Intendencies.
Drawing in ink, colored black, red, yellow, and blue, on paper, mounted on cloth. Showns Paraguayan forces along frontier and location of enemy positions.
Printed title page for collection of the following maps:
Drawn in red, green, and blue, showing in detail the plan of the city and water-front.
Drawn in red and blue, showing many details of the mountains of north Paraguay, towns, rivers, and roads. Copy by Captain Antonio Vitella de Castro Parares.
Drawing in blue, yellow, and brown, of plans for the construction of a river cruiser, apparently of German design. Has descriptive inset in upper right corner.
Hand-colored drawing in red, yellow, and green, on tracing cloth, of the Estancia of Pedro J. Galeano, showing part of the course of Arroyo Icuarépoty and of the Río Paraguay, with roads indicated.
Detailed map of the Pilcomayo from the Capitanía del Pilcomayo (25° 21′ 20″ S and 40′52″ East of Buenos Aires) to the Juntas de Fontana (24° 53′ 47″ S and 6′ 2″ East of Buenos Aires), then along the Brazo Sur to 24° 42′ 28″ S and 21′ 28″ West of Buenos Aires. Includes 122 profiles showing cross sections of the river at places of particular interest.
Detailed course of the Brazo Norte of the Pilcomayo from the Juntas de Fontana to 24° 35′ 37″ S and from 06′ 02.73″ East to 21′ 27.32″ West of Buenos Aires, with 39 profiles or cross sections of the river at points indicated.
Blue print of manuscript sketch of the course of the Río Paraguay from Asunción north to Capitanía de Villa Oliva, showing distances and soundings.
Drawn on tracing cloth; covers the area from Caazapá north to Ajos and west to the confluence of the Río Paraná and the Río Iguazú, showing rivers, roads, and towns in the area.
Drawn on tracing cloth in blue, brown, and red, showing the rivers and mountains from the confluence of the Río Monday with the Paraná west to Caazapá and Villarrica.
Brown print hand-colored in red, green, and brown of the area 1° East to 2° West longitude of Buenos Aires, showing the river systems of the Arroyo Porteño, Arroyo El Dorado, Arroyo Ferreyra, Río Instituto Geográfico, Río Pilcomayo, Río Confuso, Río Verde, Río Aguaray-Guazú, Río Negro, Riacho Misterioso, Riacho Lengua, and Río Pedernal to their confluence with the Río Paraguay and route of the expedition of Otto Asp. Land grants in the area are indicated. One large tract is labeled “Pedido para Colonización Japonesa.”
Blueprint of map of sites along the Pilcomayo. Has one inset showing “Ultima parte de la Expedición.”
Photographic reproduction of detailed map of the river from its confluence with the Río Paraguay to 60° 40′ W.
Drawn on tracing cloth in black, blue, and green, showing also the property owners in the vicinity of the river.
Blueprint map showing the course of the Río Paraná in detail. On right upper corner has No. 368 in circle. Bears signatures of El Jefe de la Comisión, El Inspector General, and El Director General.
Drawing in green and red on paper by F.R. Hattmann, showing the rivers and mountains from the confluence of the Río Monday with the Paraná west to Caazapá and Villarrica.
Brown ink, showing boundaries of plots of land and their owners, between Río Pilcomayo and Río Paraguay. Particular detail to the property of the Paraguay Land and Cattle Company.
Blueprint map showing in detail the course of the Río Paraná from its confluence with the Río Paraguay upstream to Lago Dorado. Bears signatures of El Jefe de Comisión, El Inspector General, and El Director General.
Blueprint map showing in detail the course of the Río Paraná. Has 373 in a circle upper right corner. Signed by El Jefe de Comisión, El Inspector General, and El Director General.
Blue print diagram showing the towns reached by the lines and the distances involved.
Blueprint of diagram showing the three networks, with the stations comprising each, the route to each, and the distance between stations.
Original on tracing cloth in red and black, showing the outlines of the continent, political divisions, and principal cities.
Drawn on tracing cloth, ink line sketch showing in detail the course of the river between the two points mentioned in title.
Original sketch on tracing cloth, of the area 22° S to 28° S and 54° W to 58° 30' W, showing rivers, mountains, and towns, with the telegraph and railroad lines and radio telegraph stations. Same as blueprint No. 2840 infra.
Blue print of MS map of Paraguay, showing roads, railroads, telegraph lines, and radio telegraph stations. Same as blueprint No. 2850 infra. inset on upper right corner.
Drawn in black and green on graph paper; shows area from the parallel of Asunción north to Armandina; gives in detail terrain features, specially rivers and forests, the division of properties in the area, and the names of the owners.
Diagram in red and blue on tracing paper showing many details of the river course.
Blueprint map showing in detail the course of the Río Paraguay. On upper right corner has No. 219 in a circle. Signed by Jefe de la Comisión.
Ink sketch in black and red with profile cross sections in blue, drawn on tracing cloth and bearing official seals of joint commission of Argentina and Paraguay for survey of Pilcomayo River. Shows in detail the course of the north branch of the river. Signed: D. Krause, Elias Ayala, and Tomás Luncello.
Ink sketch in blue and red, on tracing paper, showing river course according to Battilana and Lange surveys and east and west base lines of general land survey.
Pen and pencil sketch of river course and lots 37, 38, 39, belonging to Isnardi, Apesteguia, and Santos. Drawn on graph paper.
Sketch in blue pencil on graph paper of river courses to their confluence with Río Paraguay; green shadings; shows several towns, Indian tribes, and Lote 158.
Diagram in black, red, and green ink, drawn on tracing paper, showing course of the Río Negro and Riacho Escondido and woods along the sides.
Rough sketch in colored pencil showing the area of the boundaries between Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil.
Covers area 18° S to 20° 30' S and from 57° W to 59° W showing the chief terrain features, towns, and boundaries. Cloth tracing.
Sketch in red, green, and blue, showing woods, roads, towns, and streams along the Riacho Negro from its confluence with the Río Negro near Concepción as far as Misión Inglesa.
Drawn on graph paper, cloth lined; rivers in blue; shows course of Río Paraguay from Punto Pedernal north to Concepción and of Río Seco o Negro west along proposed railroad route to Mojón Freund. On back, hand printed: E. T. Haug.
Ink sketch on tracing cloth of land between the Río Aguaray-guazú and the Arroyo Boliviano west from Río Paraguay, showing terrain features.
Hand colored in blue and green, on graph paper; shows streams, woods, roads, and paths in the property indicated, extending south from Puerto Ibapobó on the Río Paraguay, and west to Puerto San Fernando.
Drawing on tracing cloth in red, yellow, blue, and black, showing holdings from Puertos San Juan and Cooper on the Paraguay River west to Riacho San Carlos.
Rough outline sketch of land lot surveys and Río Paraguay, showing boundaries of property.
Hand colored in blue, green, and red, showing features of land from the confluence of the Río Confuso and the Río Paraguay west to the Río Pilcomayo. Drawn on tracing cloth.
Hand-colored sketch on tracing cloth in black, red, and blue, showing the streams, camps, Indian sites, roads, brush land, and swamps between the two branches of the Pilcomayo River. Added in pencil after title: “Ahora Don Luis Orione.” Signed: Ernesto Haug.
Plat on tracing cloth of property extending west from Puerto Nuevo on the Río Paraguay.
Copy on tracing cloth, covering the area 10° S to 20° S and O° E to 20° East from Meridian of Lima. Shows rivers, mountains, towns, and Indian tribes. Copy by Guillermo de Federico, certified from original (In Dirección de Hidrografía, Madrid?) by Joaquín de Ariza y Estrada.
Drawn on linen, mounted, in black, red, and blue, showing the rivers, mountains, and settlements between the Río Grande and the Río Parapití.
The intendencies between the Chaco and the Viceroyalty of Lima; hand colored in green, yellow, red, and brown. Drawn on cloth and mounted.
Drawn on oiled cloth, showing terrain features, rivers, roads, and projected railroads in the area from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to the Río Paraguay at Fuerte de Coimbra. Hand colored in blue, brown, red, and black.
Blueprint of contemplated system of highways from Sunzas and San Pablo to junction with projected railroad at Los Blancos; also a graph showing relative altitude of the land between Los Blancos and L. Gaiba.
Colored green, red, and brown; covers approximate area 1° S to 53° S, outlining east coast and extending west to Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Has title: Mapa anónimo pero muy antiguo de la cuenca formada por los ríos Paraguay, Paraná y Uruguay. Gives location of Indian pueblos, Spanish settlements, and mountains. Apparently an early seventeenth-century map compiled in connection with explorations of Díaz de Guzmán, 1610-1611.
Ink-drawn map in black, red, and blue on tracing cloth, of roads in Paraguay from Villeta and Paraguarí in the south to Villa Hayes and Emboscada in north.
Drawn on linen, hand-colored in red and blue, showing rivers and the road system in the vicinity of Asunción as far south as Villeta and Paraguarí and north to Villa Hayes and Emboscada.
Pencil sketch on tracing paper, of unidentified road east to Nueva Australia and beyond.
Drawn on oiled cloth, hand-colored in red, blue, and brown, showing the south part of the Department of Desmochados from the confluence of the Río Paraguay and Paraná east to Santiago. Forests and roads are indicated.
Drawn in brown ink on linen paper, mounted on cloth, showing the Paraná river system and the area from 20° S to 30° S and 40° W to 50° W. A few towns are shown.
Water color and pen sketch of section immediately adjoining juncture of the two rivers, showing banks, lagoons, and islands.