Note 23 — ANDA AND THE ENGLISH INVASION, 1762–1764

[The Jesuit provincial Bernardo Pazuengos,23 who claims to be sent by the English governor of Manila, asks for secret audience with Anda at Apalit, February 26. This being granted on the afternoon of that day, no results are obtained for the provincial can show no written credentials authorizing him as envoy, claiming that he has been appointed and empowered only verbally, and ordered to treat secretly with Anda. He claims not to know in what light Anda is regarded by the British governor—whether as the legitimate governor or as an usurper.]