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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal letter to the Count of Alva de Aliste, Viceroy of New Spain

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Title

  • Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal letter to the Count of Alva de Aliste, Viceroy of New Spain

Names

  • The King [Philip IV of Spain]

Created / Published

  • Madrid, August 15, 1652

Headings

  • -  Latin America--History
  • -  New Spain--Politics and government
  • -  Catholic Church--Clergy--Appointment, call, and election
  • -  Accounting
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Thirty-nine letters from the Viceroy arrived on July 5, 1652, aboard the fleet commanded by Luis Fernández de Córdoba and escorted by Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma. The fleet included a galleon of the governor of Florida together with the silver galleons. One of the 39 letters, dated March 23, 1652, reported that the fleet carried 578,336 pesos plus 100,000 pesos from the treasury at Veracruz, as well as 720,000 pesos in Rodríguez de Ledesma's galleon and other funds for specific purposes. The King thanks the Viceroy but expresses dissatisfaction with the small quantity of silver registered by private individuals. To encourage private shipments, the Viceroy is authorized to reduce to 12 percent the cost of the avería (compulsory cooperative insurance).

Medium

  • 3 leaves [1 blank]

Source Collection

  • Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1877

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Online Format

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The King Philip Iv Of Spain. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal letter to the Count of Alva de Aliste, Viceroy of New Spain. Madrid, 1652. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mss31013-11200/.

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The King Philip Iv Of Spain. (1652) Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal letter to the Count of Alva de Aliste, Viceroy of New Spain. Madrid. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mss31013-11200/.

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The King Philip Iv Of Spain. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal letter to the Count of Alva de Aliste, Viceroy of New Spain. Madrid, 1652. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/mss31013-11200/>.