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Descriptive Summary
Title: Early Spanish American Imprint Collection
Dates: 1768-1787
Collection Number: GC 1360
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Extent: Boxes: 1/2 legal
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Two publications printed in Spanish colonial Mexico. 1768-ca. 1787
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian
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Early Spanish American Imprint Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County
Biography/Administrative History
1. Book was the catechism used in California and New Mexico. American traders and settlers who were converted received much
of their insruction from this volume. Many of the Americans who married into Californio families and were converted had slight
acquaintance with the Spanish language at the time; the appearance of this English text was thus most welcome. 2. First
edition. Fr. Fabian y Fuero (1719-1801) was a controversial Mexican and Spanish prelate, Bishop of Puebla de Los Angeles,
authority on canon law, and Thomas Aquinas scholar. In this oration, delivered before a military group, he spoke about the
importance of the "just war" and the symbolism attached to the holy flags and standards that were usually carried into battle,
particularly that of Nuestra Senora de la Defensa, 'la conquistadora de las Californias, y provincias de Sinaloa, y la pacificadora
del Peru."
Scope and Content of Collection
Two publications printed in Spanish colonial Mexico: 1. A Short Abridgement Fo [sic] Christian Doctrine. [Entirely in English
after two-age preface beginning: "Nos los Inquisidores Apostolicos..."]. 41 pp., [Mexico, ca. 1787]. 2. Fabian Y Fuero,
Francisco. Oracion ... a Bendecir Solemnemente los Reales Estandartes del Regimiento de Dragones de Mexico en el Dia 21 de
Julio de 1768. 14 pp., [Puebla, 1768]. See also GC1147 Early Mexican Imprint Collection. 1768-ca. 1787
