Documents relating to Panama City, 1521-1953 (bulk 1521- 1818).

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Documents relating to Panama City, 1521-1953 (bulk 1521- 1818).

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Bound volume of handwritten and typed transcriptions concerning the founding and history of Panama City. Topics include the founding of the settlement by Pedrarias Dávila in 1521; an attack on it in 1550; and other historic events from 1551 to its destruction by fire and reconstruction in 1675. Among the other documents are a copy of a royal certificate authorizing the creation of the University of San Javier in 1749; and papers of the viceroy, Benito Pérez, regarding the establishment of a Spanish constitution in 1812. Also present is a record of the requests of Juan José Cabarcas, representing the Panamanian people, to the Audencia de Panamá, a judicial board that represented the Spanish crown. Miscellaneous items include a 1906 newspaper article, and two letters from José de la Pena, director of the Archivo General de Indias, concerning the compilation of these documents.

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Cabarcas, Juan José.

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Pérez, Benito

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Universidad de San Javier.

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Pedrarias, approximately 1440-1530

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Castillero R., Ernesto J. (Ernesto de Jesús Castillero Reyes), 1889-1981

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Panamanian educator, historian and author. From the description of Los nueve secretos del arte ..., 1916. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28981484 ...