Letter : San Phelipe el Real de Chiguagua [San Felipe del Real, Mexico], to Charles III, 1777 Oct. 26.

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Letter : San Phelipe el Real de Chiguagua [San Felipe del Real, Mexico], to Charles III, 1777 Oct. 26.

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Contemporary signed copy of a letter of October 26, 1777 to the king of Spain, Charles III, from Bernardo Miera y Pacheco in New Mexico, dealing with the pacification, settlement, and evangelization of the area around the Colorado and Gila Rivers, between New Mexico and the California coast.

[3] leaves, bound ; 31 cm.

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