Obispado de San Luis Potosí : documents pertaining to its establishment, 1792-1805.

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Obispado de San Luis Potosí : documents pertaining to its establishment, 1792-1805.

Correspondence, reports, decrees, and a map relating to the establishment of a bishopric in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Manuscript number G254, dated 1792, consists of an unsigned formal petition to the King of Spain setting forth the need for the establishment of a bishopric in San Luis Potosí and requesting financial assistance for the same. Manuscript number G292, dated 1800-1805, contains letters which convey a cedula from the King of Spain ordering consideration of the establishment of the bishopric; letters and reports responding to the order; and a map of the proposed boundaries of the bishopric.

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Catholic Church. Diocese of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

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García, Genaro, 1867-1920

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Attorney, historian, writer, educator, bibiophile. Born August 17, 1867; died November 26, 1920. Received law degree from Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia in 1891. Representative to Congreso de la Unión, 1892-1899. Director of Museo Nacional de Historia, Arqueología y Etnología. Director of Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. Major publications include: Colección de documentos inéditos o muy raros para la historia de México (1905-1911), Documentos históricos mexicanos (1910-1911), and an edi...