Recommendations of Father Morfi concerning pacification and settlement of New Mexico [manuscript], [between 1776 and 1778].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morfi, Juan Agustín, -1783, author.

Contributor:

Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library), owner.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Dominguez, Francisco Atanasio, active 1776.

Dominguez, Francisco Atanasio.

Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo, 1738-1781.

Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo.

Velez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792.

Velez de Escalante, Silvestre.

Apache Indians.

Comanche Indians.

Indians of Mexico--Government relations.

Indians of Mexico.

Missionaries.

New Spain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Production:

[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1776-1778]

Summary:

Contemporary ms. copy, probably from around 1778 and possibly signed by Father Morfi, of his recommendations to the government for the exploration, pacification, and settlement of New Mexico.

Notes:

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.

AM reference: VAULT Ayer MS 1170.

Bound with: Account by Father Morfi of his expedition to the Provincias Internas [manuscript] 1777 Aug. 4-1778 Nov. 9 and Summary of official recommendations and correspondence concerning the formation of volunteer militias for the defense of the Parral region of Mexico [manuscript] Newberry Library references Ayer MS 1169 and Ayer MS 1171.

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