Letter to Juan Antonio Balthasar, 1749 Apr 10 / by Padre Gaspar Higher.

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Letter to Juan Antonio Balthasar, 1749 Apr 10 / by Padre Gaspar Higher.

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Gaspar Higher's letter contains news of missionaries, missions, and Indian conflicts in New Spain. He describes Padre Jacobo Sedelmayr's visit to the Yuma Indians and expedition to the mouth of the Colorado River.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Higher, Gaspar, 1695-1762.

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Jesuits

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In 1534 Ignatius of Loyola, a Basque and former soldier, met in Paris with six companions to take a private vow of poverty and one to place themselves at the disposition of the pope. On September 27, 1540, Paul III issued the bull Regimini militantis ecclesiae, canonically establishing the Society of Jesus. The constitutions of the society were drawn up by Ignatius who submitted his work for approval in 1550. Along with working toward the spiritual benefits of its members, the aim of the order w...

Baltasar, Juan Antonio, 1697-1763

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Juan Antonio Balthasar (1697-1763), native of Lucerne, entered the Jesuit order and served as the Recto of Colegio San Gregorio in Mexico City,as visitador to the missions in Sinaloa, Sonora, and California, and eventually as Provincial of Mexico. From the description of Sinaloa mission reports, 1744-1745. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128683 Jesuit missionary; special father visitor sent north to inspect, correct, encourage, and legislate the missions in the Pimería Al...

Sedelmayr, Jacobo, 1703-1779

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Jesuit missionary in the Pimerʹia Alta region of New Spain, 1736 to 1767. From the description of Letters and reports, 1744-1751. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 37220208 Jesuit missionary assigned in 1736 to the missions of the Pimeria Alta, Viceroyalty of Mexico. He located at Tubutama, and went on several expeditions to explore lands and peoples to the north. From the description of Letters and reports from Tubutama...