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Defense of Revilla Gigedo in his Residencia : and other documents, 1795-1802.
BANC MSS M-M 209
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Title:
Defense of Revilla Gigedo in his Residencia: and other documents, 1795-1802Creator/Contributor:
Revillagigedo, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, conde de, 1740-1799, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Costansó, Miguel.Creator/Contributor:
Iglesias Pablo, Ignacio.Creator/Contributor:
Consejo de Indias (Spain)Abstract:
Collection of four documents relating to the residencia of Revilla Gigedo the Younger as viceroy of New Spain. Consists of:
1) the defense of Revilla Gigedo, Mexico City, 1795, presented by his attorney, Pedro de Basave, and by Bernal y Malo, refuting
point by point the accusations formulated by certain officials of the Municipal Council. Corresponds substantially to the
printed "Testimonio del Escrito Presentado por el Defensor ... de Revilla Gigedo," reproduced in Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
Publicaciones del Archivo General de la Nación, Vol. XXII (Mexico City, 1933), pp. 98-209;
(Cont.) 2) the judgment passed by the Council of the Indies, which posthumously vindicated Revilla Gigedo; 3) accusations
against Revilla Gigedo, Mexico City, February 12, 1795, dealing primarily with alleged disrespect to a statue of Fernando
VI; 4) a statement of Miguel Costansó and Ignacio Iglesias Pablo, explaining and justifying Revilla Gigedo's conduct in regard
to the said statue.
Date:
1795 (issued)Subject:
Basave, Pedro deBernal y Malo
Actions and defenses -- Mexico
Note:
Also available on microfilm.
In Spanish.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.
Physical Description:
266 p. ; 32 cm.
partial microfilm reel (139 exposures) : negative (Rich. 393:2) and positive.
Language:
Spanish
Identifier:
BANC MSS M-M 209