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Pious Fund of the Californias, 1700-1857.
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Title:

Pious Fund of the Californias, 1700-1857

Abstract:

Papers, originals and copies, concerning the Pious Fund and the California missions, especially bequests and subsequent litigation. Chief centers of controversy were the estate of Francisco Lorenz de Rada, 1749-1754, with data extending from 1700 to 1805; the will of José de la Puente y Peña, Marqués de Villapuente, and the distribution of his assets among the Jesuits in the Californias and elsewhere; and miscellaneous documents on financial affairs of the Pious Fund, chiefly 1788-1789.

Date:

1700 (issued)

Subject:

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Missions, Spanish -- California
Missions espagnoles -- Californie
Missions, Spanish
California
Pious Fund of the Californias.
Pious Fund of the Californias.
Rada, Francisco Lorenz de
marqués de Villapuente -- Puente y Peña, José de la

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
In Spanish.
Preferred citation: Pious Fund of the Californias, BANC MSS M-M 1859, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Physical Description:

print
3 volumes (0.42 linear ft.)
partial microfilm reel (748 exposures) : negative (Rich. 486:13) and positive

Language:

Spanish

Origin:

California