The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55, 1609-1616

Volume 17 — Documents of 1611

Reading edition

Foundation of the college of Santo Tomás of Manila. Bernardo de Santa Catalina, O.P., and others; April 28.

Hospital at Nueva Cáceres. Pedro Arce, O.S.A.; July 20.

Letters to Juan de Silva. Felipe III; November–December.

Letters to the Dominican provincial. Felipe III; December 31.

Sources: All these documents save one are obtained from original MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla. The first one is found in a pamphlet entitled Algunos documentos relativos á la Universidad de Manila (Madrid, 1892), pp. 5–20.

Translations: The first document is translated by James A. Robertson; the remainder, by Robert W. Haight. Page 155

Notes in this chapter

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