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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55, 1597-1599

Volume 10 — Documents of 1598

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Letter to Antonio de Morga. Juan de Ronquillo; January 4.

Report of conditions in the Philippines. Antonio de Morga; June 8.

Recommendations as to reforms needed in the islands. [Unsigned and undated; 1598?]

Reception of the royal seal at Manila. Francisco Tello, and others; June 8.

Letters from the archbishop of Manila to Felipe II. Ygnacio de Santibañez; June 24 and 26.

Letters from the bishop of Nueva Segovia to Felipe II. Miguel de Benavides; June 30 and July 5.

Letters to Felipe II. Francisco Tello; June 17–July 9.

Report of the Audiencia on the conduct of Tello. Antonio de Morga, and others; July 15.

Source: All these documents are obtained from original MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

Translations: The first, fourth, fifth, and most of the sixth, are translated by Robert W. Haight; the second, by Rachel King; the third, and part of the sixth and seventh, by James A. Robertson; most of the seventh, by José M. and Clara M. Asensio; the eighth, by Helen E. Thomas. Page 44

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