Latin American Mss. Colombia

Resumen del Libro

Collection contains material relating to a wide range of Colombian history. Manuscripts from the colonial period deal with the functioning of the Catholic Church, regulation of the clergy, appointment of government officials, and colonial administration. A large body of royal cedulas and orders dates from the colonial era. Correspondents in the collection are Jose de Acevedo y Gomes, Francisco de Paula Aguilar, Juan de Dios Aranzazu, Melchor de Aymerich, Jose Antonio Balcazar Sanchez, Antonio Baraya, Andres Bello, Simon Bolivar, Pedro Briceno Mendez, Antonio Caballero y Gongora, Francisco Jose de Caldas y Tenorio, Sebasta de la Calzada, Carlos IV, king of Spain, Miguel Antonio Caro, Thomas Greaves Cary, Pedro Ceballos Cortes y Calderon, Gualterio D. Chitty, Jose Maria Cordoba, Mariano Cucalon, Miguel Delgado, Theodore Dwight, Jr., Salvador Fernandez de Cordoba, Miguel Crisanto Fernandez de Cordoba y Mesa, Antonio Jose Garcia de la Guardia, Pedro Alcantara Herran, Manuel Antonio Jaramillo, Valentin Jaramillo, Salvador Jimenez de Enciso y Cobos Padilla, Felipe Larrazabal, Jose Hilario Lopez, Francisco Montalvo y Ambuladi Arriola y Casabante Valdespino, Toribio de Montes, Mariano Montilla, Tomas Cipriano Mosquera, Pascuala Munoz de Cordoba, Antonio Narino, Antonio Obando, Jose Maria Obando, Daniel Florencio OLeary, Jose Joaquin de Olmedo y Maruri, Alejandro Osorio Uribe, Joaquin Paris, Luis Peru de Lacroix, Fernando de Prado y Plaza, Jose Manuel Restrepo, Jose de Ricaurte, Simon Rodriguez, Juan Jose Samano y Urribarri de Rebollar y Mazorra, Francisco de Paula Santander, Carlos Soublette, Antonio Jose de Sucre, Camilo Torres, Pedro Leon Torres, William Turner, Luis Urdaneta, Mariano Urrutia, Jose Maria Vezga, Guillermo White, and Francisco Antonio Zea.