Volume 17 — Contents of Volume XVII
Reading edition
Preface 9
Documents of 1609 Laws regarding navigation and commerce. Felipe II and Felipe III; 1583–1609 27 Jesuit missions, 1608–09. (From Annuæ litteræ; Dilingæ, 1610.) 53 Decree regulating services of Filipinos. Felipe III; Aranjuez, May 26 79
Documents of 1610 Petition of the Recollects. Dionisio de la Anunciacion, and others; Manila, June 30 85 Dominicans request suppression of the Audiencia. Baltasar Fort, O.P., and others; Manila, June 30 89 Relation of 1609–1610. Gregorio Lopez, S.J.,; Manila, July 1 100 Letter to Felipe III. Juan de Silva; Cavite, September 5 144 Letter to Silva. Felipe III; Madrid, December 7 151
Documents of 1611 Foundation of the college of Santo Tomás of Manila. Bernardo de Santa Catalina, O.P., and others; Manila, April 28 155 Hospital at Nueva Cáceres. Pedro Arce, O.S.A.; Manila, July 20 172 Page 6 Letters to Juan de Silva. Felipe III; Guadarrama and Madrid, November–December 174 Letters to the Dominican provincial. Felipe III; Madrid, December 31 183
Documents of 1612–1613 Status of missions in the Philippines. Gregorio Lopez, S.J., and others; [Manila, ca. 1612] 189 Trade of the Philippines. Juan, marques de Montesclaros; Los Reyes, April 12, 1612 213 Letter from the bishop of Nueva Segovia [Domingo de Soria, O.P.]; Manila, August 15, 1613 233 Letter to Silva. Felipe III; Pardo, December 2, 1613 237
Documents of 1616 Recommendations regarding the archbishopric of Manila. [Council of the Indias?]; Madrid, 1613–16 245 Letter to Felipe III. Valerio de Ledesma, S.J.; Manila, August 20 249 Portuguese and Spanish expedition against the Dutch, 1615. Juan de Rivera and Valerio de Ledesma, S.J.; [Manila, 1616?] 251
Bibliographical Data 281
Appendix: Chronological list of the governors of the Philippines, 1565–1899, and the administration of the islands at different periods 283
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