Indiferente General, 1508-1763
Series
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous documents, many regions represented.
Carribean, New Spain, Northern Provinces: Consejo de Indias, Audiencias, beginnings of Spanish administration in the Caribbean Islands, exploration, settlement, administration, cedulas, Santo Domingo, Española, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, permits to settle the islands, instruction on good treatment of Caribs, encomiendas, Indian relations, defense of the rights of the Indians, enslavement of the Caribs, missions to the Caribs, bishops in islands, permits to bring in African slaves to the Indies, Conditions of Spanish residents, settlements, salaries of officials; Economy, trade, shipping regulations, gold, mining, pearls, salt, wheat; Defense of the islands, fleet, French, English pirates, Lutherans; Spanish relations with Portugal, Brazil, Rio de la Plata, Rio de Solis; Portugal, Queen Isabel, policies and regulations for the Indies; Regulations for Portuguese ships, passengers, Negro slaves; Canary Islands, orders to capture Francis Drake, English pirates; Richard Hawkins, captive, letter to King of Spain for mercy. Instructions on colonization and good treatment of the Indians for Diego Colon, the Jeronomite Fathers, Velasquez, Cortes, Nuño de Guzman, also for Tierra Firme, Panama, and Viceroys of New Spain, etc. Contracts for exploration, colonization of Cuba, Panuco, Yucatan, Tierra Firme, Veragua, Bermini, Florida, Nueva Vizcaya, Nuevo Leon, New Mexico, for Magellan, Ayllon, De Soto, Ponce de Leon, Menendez, Narvaez, Nuño de Guzman, Luis de Carvajal, etc.
New Spain: Plans for residencia de Cortes; Andres Dorantes, encomienda, family; Pedro de Alvarado, conquests; Audiencia, administration, elections of cabildo officers; Vacant encomiendas revert to crown; Regulations on women inheriting encomiendas, married six month before receive one; Protector de Indios, cacique, tributes, recognition of mestizos; Order to not brand Indians, not take Indians from homes to another place; Not send encomienda Indians to the mines, complaints, cases of the Indians; Order to return African Berber slaves to homes; Negros, mulatos, mestizos not to live with Indians, more make contracts with them; Ages for marriage of Indians; Investigation and punishment for Spanish who injure Indians; Regulations that married men to live with their wives in Spain or bring to Indies; Regulation of marriages of officials to relatives of others in New Spain; Protection of minors, arbitation of inheritance lawsuits; Dominicans, Franciscans, no foreign clergy, licenses for clergy, Comparison of work of religious orders and secular clergy among the Indians; Missionaries to teach in Indian languages, Indian languages in colleges; No mestizos to be ordained, investigation of mestizos as public officials, Defense of fleet, coasts, mail creations of volunteer Spanish navy; Regulations for printing, books, crimes, galley ships; Eclipses, of moon, lunar eclipse; Gregorian calendar corrections.
Yucatan: Condition of Indians, use of añil
Costa Rica: Juan Vasquez de Coronado, Adelantado
Peru: Administrations, Audiencia aid to mestizo women, orphans in monasteries, Audiencia to send Gypsies in Peru back to Spain, Arrangement for Indians of Pizarro, Almagro, Peru, creation of a university to provide education in Indian languages, Guatemala, Pedro de Alvarado, condition of Indians.
Philippines: Ships, trade, missions
Nueva Vizcaya: Diego, Francisco and Juan de Ibarra, exploration, expansión, development, Conditions, government, appointment of officials, founding new towns, Officials bringing Negro slaves with them to New Spain, Making encomiendas, repartimientos, instructions on treatment of Indians, conditions of the Indians, bringing Christianized Indians in from New Spain to teach unsettled Indians, Economy, roads, new towns, Land grants, horse herds, mining, costs of azogue, diezmo, Rights of women, inheritance, marriage, family; Missions, churches, licenses for clergy, Papal Bulls, La Cruzada.
Nuevo León: Conditions, descriptions, Luis de Carvajal, instructions for colony; Government, administration, appointment of officials; Contract for colonization, bringing settlers from Spain; Licence to bring in Negro slaves for mines; Bringing in Christian Indians to teach other Indians; Fort on the Panuco River
New Mexico: Pedro de Casteñeda, Hernan Gallegos, Francisco Sanchez de Chamuscado; Oñate, preparations for settlement of New Mexico, competion with Pedro Ponce de Leon, details of contracts with Ponce de León, repartimiento for Indians, permit to bring Negro llaneros, cowboys to New Mexico, ships, men, supplies planned for colony, sea route; Oñate, independence from other governors, tribute from Indians; Nobility for colonists with Oñate; Diego de Peñalosa, in England, France, Quivira, Tegayo. Appointments of the governors of New Mexico; Juan de Eulate, problems, policies, conflicts with religious; Blacksmith for New Mexico; Indian rebellions in New Mexico, pre - 1680 Revolt; Diego de Vargas, aid for New Mexico family claims;
California: Ships to, presidio, settlement
Florida, Texas, Louisiana: Pedro de Melendez, Missississippi River, La Salle, French soldiers at Fort San Mateo, Florida, Andres de Herrera, presidio soldier, case
Carribean, New Spain, Northern Provinces: Consejo de Indias, Audiencias, beginnings of Spanish administration in the Caribbean Islands, exploration, settlement, administration, cedulas, Santo Domingo, Española, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, permits to settle the islands, instruction on good treatment of Caribs, encomiendas, Indian relations, defense of the rights of the Indians, enslavement of the Caribs, missions to the Caribs, bishops in islands, permits to bring in African slaves to the Indies, Conditions of Spanish residents, settlements, salaries of officials; Economy, trade, shipping regulations, gold, mining, pearls, salt, wheat; Defense of the islands, fleet, French, English pirates, Lutherans; Spanish relations with Portugal, Brazil, Rio de la Plata, Rio de Solis; Portugal, Queen Isabel, policies and regulations for the Indies; Regulations for Portuguese ships, passengers, Negro slaves; Canary Islands, orders to capture Francis Drake, English pirates; Richard Hawkins, captive, letter to King of Spain for mercy. Instructions on colonization and good treatment of the Indians for Diego Colon, the Jeronomite Fathers, Velasquez, Cortes, Nuño de Guzman, also for Tierra Firme, Panama, and Viceroys of New Spain, etc. Contracts for exploration, colonization of Cuba, Panuco, Yucatan, Tierra Firme, Veragua, Bermini, Florida, Nueva Vizcaya, Nuevo Leon, New Mexico, for Magellan, Ayllon, De Soto, Ponce de Leon, Menendez, Narvaez, Nuño de Guzman, Luis de Carvajal, etc.
New Spain: Plans for residencia de Cortes; Andres Dorantes, encomienda, family; Pedro de Alvarado, conquests; Audiencia, administration, elections of cabildo officers; Vacant encomiendas revert to crown; Regulations on women inheriting encomiendas, married six month before receive one; Protector de Indios, cacique, tributes, recognition of mestizos; Order to not brand Indians, not take Indians from homes to another place; Not send encomienda Indians to the mines, complaints, cases of the Indians; Order to return African Berber slaves to homes; Negros, mulatos, mestizos not to live with Indians, more make contracts with them; Ages for marriage of Indians; Investigation and punishment for Spanish who injure Indians; Regulations that married men to live with their wives in Spain or bring to Indies; Regulation of marriages of officials to relatives of others in New Spain; Protection of minors, arbitation of inheritance lawsuits; Dominicans, Franciscans, no foreign clergy, licenses for clergy, Comparison of work of religious orders and secular clergy among the Indians; Missionaries to teach in Indian languages, Indian languages in colleges; No mestizos to be ordained, investigation of mestizos as public officials, Defense of fleet, coasts, mail creations of volunteer Spanish navy; Regulations for printing, books, crimes, galley ships; Eclipses, of moon, lunar eclipse; Gregorian calendar corrections.
Yucatan: Condition of Indians, use of añil
Costa Rica: Juan Vasquez de Coronado, Adelantado
Peru: Administrations, Audiencia aid to mestizo women, orphans in monasteries, Audiencia to send Gypsies in Peru back to Spain, Arrangement for Indians of Pizarro, Almagro, Peru, creation of a university to provide education in Indian languages, Guatemala, Pedro de Alvarado, condition of Indians.
Philippines: Ships, trade, missions
Nueva Vizcaya: Diego, Francisco and Juan de Ibarra, exploration, expansión, development, Conditions, government, appointment of officials, founding new towns, Officials bringing Negro slaves with them to New Spain, Making encomiendas, repartimientos, instructions on treatment of Indians, conditions of the Indians, bringing Christianized Indians in from New Spain to teach unsettled Indians, Economy, roads, new towns, Land grants, horse herds, mining, costs of azogue, diezmo, Rights of women, inheritance, marriage, family; Missions, churches, licenses for clergy, Papal Bulls, La Cruzada.
Nuevo León: Conditions, descriptions, Luis de Carvajal, instructions for colony; Government, administration, appointment of officials; Contract for colonization, bringing settlers from Spain; Licence to bring in Negro slaves for mines; Bringing in Christian Indians to teach other Indians; Fort on the Panuco River
New Mexico: Pedro de Casteñeda, Hernan Gallegos, Francisco Sanchez de Chamuscado; Oñate, preparations for settlement of New Mexico, competion with Pedro Ponce de Leon, details of contracts with Ponce de León, repartimiento for Indians, permit to bring Negro llaneros, cowboys to New Mexico, ships, men, supplies planned for colony, sea route; Oñate, independence from other governors, tribute from Indians; Nobility for colonists with Oñate; Diego de Peñalosa, in England, France, Quivira, Tegayo. Appointments of the governors of New Mexico; Juan de Eulate, problems, policies, conflicts with religious; Blacksmith for New Mexico; Indian rebellions in New Mexico, pre - 1680 Revolt; Diego de Vargas, aid for New Mexico family claims;
California: Ships to, presidio, settlement
Florida, Texas, Louisiana: Pedro de Melendez, Missississippi River, La Salle, French soldiers at Fort San Mateo, Florida, Andres de Herrera, presidio soldier, case
Dates
- 1508-1763
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English Spanish French Mayan
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 23 boxes (20.5 cu. ft.) 217 volumes, 107 microfilm reels, 2 boxes DVDs
General
Detailed Finding Aid Reels noted in this detailed finding aid have been transferred to DVDs using same item numbers as reels.
Creator
- From the Collection: Bloom, Lansing Bartlett, 1880- (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451