Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora Collection, 1686-1704.

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Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora Collection, 1686-1704.

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Manuscript items include Sigüenza's August 30, 1692, account to Andrés de Pez of the June 8, 1692, corn riot, in which Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza, Conde de Galve, figured prominently (G140 Ms., G141 Ms., and G142 Ms.); Documentos relativos a don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora (G135 Ms.); and Documentos relativos a don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora y su expedición a Pensacola (G145 Ms.; consists of photostatic copies from the Dunn Transcripts). The archives subgroup includes the following literary productions: a partial manuscript of Piedad de don Fernando Cortés; Memoria del Br. Antonio Calderon Benavides; and Verdadera relación del fatal quanto milagrosso succeso de la quemazon de la r. fábrica de la pólvora el dia 25 de Hen. de 1704.

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Arriola, Andrés de.

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Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de, 1645-1700

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Poet, author, mathematician, historian, geographer. Born 1645 and died 1700 in Mexico City. Entered Society of Jesus 1660, took vows 1662, and left the order in 1667 or 1669. In 1672 became catedrático of astrology and mathematics at the University of Mexico. Ordained as priest in 1673. Chaplain of the Hospital del Amor de Dios from 1682 until his death. Wrote description of June 8, 1692, riot in protest of corn prices, during which he saved government archives from burning. As royal geographer...