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First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán, 14 August 1521

 Item — Box: 45
Identifier: 4075.3916
Desription

First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán.

Title/description created by Clevy Lloyd Strout, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Tulsa, 1962.

Dates: 14 August 1521

Letter from Diego Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, to Archbishop Cisneros, 1512

 Item — Box: 45
Identifier: 4075.67
Description

Letter from Diego Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, to Archbishop Cisneros.

Dates: 1512

Letter from Diego Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, to King Charles V, circa 1520

 Item — Box: 45
Identifier: 4075.3918
Description This is a letter from Diego Colón to Charles V, in which Diego outlines his future plans for colonization of the Spanish Indies. He also voices his support of the crusade of the Spanish Friar, las Casas, who was at that time in Spain, campaigning for the freedom of the enslaved natives of the New World. He also (in one paragraph) requests authority to import African slaves into the New World in exchange for the Indians' freedom. This is the earliest known reference among Spanish documents...
Dates: circa 1520

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