Sagrada Compañía de Jesús petition : Baja California (Mexico), to Pedro Cebrián y Agustín Fuenclara, 1743 July 3.

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Sagrada Compañía de Jesús petition : Baja California (Mexico), to Pedro Cebrián y Agustín Fuenclara, 1743 July 3.

Manuscript petition (on paper bearing a stamp for the years 1743 and 1744) by Juan Francisco de Tompes and Manuel Joseph Navarette requesting arms from the Viceroy of New Spain to defend their missions against cattle thieves and hostile Chichimeca indians. Signed at end of document by [Felipe?] Munoz.

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Tompes, Juan Francisco.

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Fuenclara, Pedro Cebrián y Agustín, conde de, 1687-1752

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Navarette, Manuel, Fray, 1768-1809.

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Jesuits

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