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Title: Authorization by William Walker. Place: Granada. Description: William Walker states that A. Matzdorff and his wife are entitled to passage to New York at the expense of the Nicaraguan government., 1576-1929 Box 2, Folder 25, Reel 1U

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Title: Autographs. Description: Collection of four signatures pasted on a sheet of paper: Pedro de Aycinena, M. Colmores, P. Buitragas, and Gregorio Juares. On the reverse is a newspaper clipping concerning agricultural production in Honduras., 1576-1929 Box 2, Folder 21, Reel 1U

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Title: "Carta escrita al rey de España por el Licenciado Diego Garcia de Palacio...." Place: Santiago de Guatemala. Description: Handwritten Spanish transcript, with English translation, of a letter to the king of Spain, in which Diego Garcia de Palacio proposes the use of the land route across Honduras to send the soldiers and supplies for the "pacification" of the Philippines. Also included is a transcription and translation of the contract in which the king empowers Diego Garcia de Palacio to undertake the conquest of the province of Lataguzgalpa (consisting of the modern Mosquito Coast.) Contains an introduction by Ephraim George Squier written in August, 1859., 1576-1578 Box 1, Folder 1, Reel 1U

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Title: "Copia de carta de mi primo Dn. Manuel Fernandez de Villanueva y Armiño, oydor de la Real Audiencia." Description: Copies of two personal letters from Manuel Fernandez de Villanueva to an unidentified cousin. The letters discuss the earthquake that destroyed Santiago de Guatemala and its aftermath., 1773-1773 Box 2, Folder 13, Reel 1U

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Title: Correspondence between Phelipe Romana y Herrera and Francisco Mariano Rodriguez de Rivas. Description: Two letters dealing with the income of several minor branches of the royal treasury, including the gun powder monopoly., 1576-1929 Box 2, Folder 12, Reel 1U

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Title: Decree by the president of Central America. Description: Printed decree declaring Realejo, Nicaragua to be an official port staffed by salaried customs officials., 1576-1929 Box 2, Folder 19, Reel 1U

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Title: "De lo que se practica en las cajas de moneda en el resivo de las pastas hasta la rendición de moneda...." Description: Report concerning the procedures followed by the Casa de Moneda (royal mint) from the receipt of precious metals until they were turned into currency., 1576-1929 Box 2, Folder 17, Reel 1U

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Title: "Fundamentos que tubo el oidor Dn. Eusebio Bentura Belen para el voto consultivo...." Description: Set of documents concerning the destruction of Santiago de Guatemala by an earthquake and the subsequent move of the capital to the site of present day Guatemala City. Included are the lengthy opinions of two oidors of the audiencia regarding the selection of the site of the new capital city., 1771-1775 Box 1, Folder 11, Reel 1U

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Title: Letter. Description: Letter written in French, addressed "Al jefe de los filabusteros en su guard," and signed, Vetesle. Possibly written by a resident of Louisiana. The text contains references to Achille Sigur and Mr. Marigny., 1851-1861 Box 2, Folder 26, Reel 1U

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Title: Letter of congratulations. Description: Letter of congratulations from French subjects in Panama to the French emperor., 1576-1929 Box 2, Folder 28, Reel 1U

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