Report on Sonoran Missions, 1744.

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Report on Sonoran Missions, 1744.

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Handwritten document, 19 pages, in Spanish, reporting on the conditions of the Missions of the province of Sonora, on the locations of the Native Americans, and on the possibility of their conversion, dated 1744.

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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