Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 310

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICO--BAJA CALIFORNIA.) Sagrada Compania de Jesus. Manuscript petition requesting aid from the Viceroy of New Spain. 9 pages on 6 leaves, 12 x 8.5 inches, stitched, with date stamps on first and final leaves. Mexico, 3 July 1743

Additional Details

A petition by Juan Francisco de Tompes and Manuel Joseph Navarrete of the Sagrada Compania de Jesus in Baja California, requesting arms from the Viceroy of New Spain to defend their missions against cattle thieves and hostile Chichimecas.