(MEXICO) Philip IV King of Spain Letter to the Bishop of Gua

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(MEXICO.) Philip IV, King of Spain. Letter to the Bishop of Guadalajara, concerning the disposition of the goods of "los Indios." One legal-sized page; dampstaining and slight separations along folds, small ink hole affecting one word. Madrid, 20 June 1628

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Letter Signed as "Yo el Rey" (possibly secretarial). It begins "Porquanto he sido ynformado que hordinariamente mueren todos los Indios sin hacer testamento"--or, "I have been informed that ordinarily the Indians die without leaving a will." The bishop at that time was Francisco de Rivera y Pareja.