Add MS 36332

VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. XIX. (ff. 404). 1722-1730, ans 1788 (see art. 6).

1. A collection of documents, viz.: (a) Martin Perez Anda y Salazar, Governor of Guayana, to the king, on his visitation of Trinidad, and on its destitute spiritual condition, etc.; San Joseph de la Trinidad de Guayana, 19 Mar. 1722. f. I ;-- (b) Report of the Fiscal on the preceding letter, advising that the matter should await the action of the Bishop of Puerto Rico; Madrid, 10 June, 1722. f. 8;-(c) Fray Francisco de Malaga, Proctor General of the Capuchin missions, to the king, on the mission of Guayana, begging that six missionaries may be sent there. Referred to th, Fiscal, 16 June, 1722. f. 9 ;-(d) Report of the Fiscal on the preceding, deferring the sending of the missionaries; Madrid, 27 June, 1722. f. 10 b; -(e) Note by the king, 30 June, and minute by the Council of the estimated cost of sending the missionaries, 14 July, 1722. f. 11.

2. Martin Perez de Anda y Salazar to the king, on the miserable condition of the garrison, forts, and munitions of Trinidad and Guayana; San Joseph, 19 Mar. 1722. f. 13.

3. A collection of articles, viz. :-(a) Fray Francisco de Malaga (see above) to the king, on the voyage of exploration made by

the P. F. Salvador de Cadiz and B. de S. Miguel, missionaries, with upwards of 300 men, to the rivers Guarico and Orinoco, and their advice as to building a fortress on the Orinoco at La Angostura to prevent the Dutch of Surinama and Berbis from trading with the Caribs, and showing the unsuitable position of the Castle of Guayana and the importance of building a town on the Orinoco or in the " Angosturas " of the Guarico for protection of the missionaries, etc.; referred to the Fiscal, 5 June, 1722. f. 17;-(b) Report of the Fiscal against the foregoing memorial, and advising that the Governor and Bishop be asked to report; 15 June, 1722. f. 20;-(c, d) Royal orders to the Governor of Venezuela and Bishop of Caracas, to the effect as above; Balsayn, 8 July, 1722. ff. 22, 24 b.

4. A collection comprising:-(a) Fray Francisco de Malaga to Francisco Orana, on the denial of the royal grant of the castle of Guayana, etc., to the Capuchin missions; Granada, 25 Aug. 1722. f. 28. With reference to the Fiscal, I Sept., and his report, 17 Sept. f. 29 b;-(b) The same to the king, on the formation of four villages of converted Naparima Indians, which the Capuchins wish to include in their mission. f. 30. With reference to the Fiscal, 5 June, and his report, advisinthat the opinion of the Bishop of Puerto Rico and the Governor of Trinidad should be obtained, 12 June, 1722. f. 31 b;-

(c) Pedro de Yarza, Governor of Trinidad, etc., to the king, on the progress of the Capuchin missions to Guayana, the ]Passage of the Prefect and twenty-five families from the Canary Isles, the character of the Indians of Guayana and Pariagoto, the futile formation of villages in better sites, the murder of some of thee missionaries and abandonment of the mission and the uselessness of the Canary families who were taken against their will, and advising the despatch of 100 soldiers of a good class, with an order to the Governor of Cumana to supply transports for them; Trinidad de Barlobento, 15 Jan. 1719. f. 32.

5. Extracts from " Memorias en MS. de Don José de la Quintana, Marques de Torrenueva, sobre la Junta de Comisarios Españoles è Ingleses en Sevilla," relating to the Englidsh settlements in Florida since 1722, with correspondence on the subject between the British and Spanish Governments, to the Bull of Pope Alexander VI. prescribing the Spanish limits of the New World discovered in 1492, to the Spanish views of the limits of Dutch Guayana, etc.; Madrid, 7 Apr. 1737, 7 Aug. 1743. ff. 39, 41 b.

6. " Reflectiones sobre el plan presentado a S. M. por Doli Firmin de Sancinanca," concerning the province of Guayana, its government, the Dutch colonies there, etc. ; Madrid, 9 May, 1788. Signed by Fr. Francisco Gil y Lemos. Attached to the preceding article. f. 43.

7. Antonio de la Pedrossa y Guerrero, Viceroy of New Granada, to Francisco de Arana, on the absolute necessity of fortifying the R. Orinoco at Caroni or Fajardo, in order to protect the missions and prevent Dutch trade with the Indians, etc. ; Madrid, 5 May, 1723. f. 48. With reference to the Fiscal, 7 May, and his report, advising the erection of a fortress with redoubts at Caroni, 11 May (f. 58 b).

8. A collection, viz. :(a) Francisco de Arana to the Marquis of Grimaldo, on the report of Antonio de la Pedrosa as above (art. 7); Madrid, 13 May, 1723. f. 60;-(b-d) Note by the Marquis of Grimaldo, Aranjuez, 19 May, reference to the Fiscal, 21 May, and his report in favour of the project, with a coloured map of the locality, 22 May, 1723. f. 61;-

(e) Autos by Antonio de la Pedrosa y Guerrero, concerning the fortification of the Orinoco and the immense Dutch influence over the district, shown in a long series of depositions and other records from 1686 onwards; Santa Fee, etc., 15 Fob. 1719-12 Jan. 1720. f. 63.

9. The Council of the Indies to the kin-, on the proposed fortification of the Orinoco as above (artt. 7, 8); Madrid, 7 June, 1723. f. 97.

10. The Marquis of Monteleon to the Marquis of Grimaldo, concerning the Dutch fleets, the Ostend Company, the state of European polities, etc.; the Hague, 23 Sept. 1723. f. 105.

11. The same to the same, on the Ostend Company, the views of the Powers concerning East Indian commerce, the peace of Westphalia and that of Munster, etc.; the Ha-ue, 28 Oct. 1723.

107. With a note for the reply, 22 Nov. (f. 110 b).

12. The same to the same, on the position of the Ostend Company, etc. ; the Hague, 4, 11 Nov. 1723. ff. 111, 114.

13. Juan de la Tornera Sota, Governor of Cumana, to the king, on the advantage of fortifying La Angosstura in the Orinoco, etc. ; Cumana, 8 Jan. 1724. f. 117.

14. A collection of letters, etc., concerning the Ostend Company and the New Imperial Company of the Indies, viz.: (a) Nicolas Antonio de Oliver y Gullana to Juan Bautista de Orendaya; the Ha-ue, 4 May, 1724. f. 122;-(b) Docket of a letter in French of " Un Ami en Holande "; Ostende, 15 Mar. 1724. f. 122b;-(o) The Marquis of Montelcon to the Marquis of

Grimaldo; the Hague, 24 June-7 Oct. 1723. With memoranda for replies. fr. 122 b-148 b.

15. Letters to Diego de Zuñiga from (a) Marcos Antonio de Verastegui and (b)) Fray Victorian de Castijon, Capuchin of Cumana, on the foundation of a Spanish city on the R. Guarapiche, the construction of a fort on La Angostura of the R. Orinoco, etc.; Madrid, 16 Jan. 1725, and n. d. ff. 149, 149 1).

16. Antonio de Sopena to the Marquiss of Valero, on a memorial of the Dutch Ambassador complaining of injuries done to Dutch vessels by Spain in the West Indies, etc,; Palacio, Aug. 1725. With enclosures, and minutes of Council, etc., to 26 Aug. 1726. f. 154.

17. Letters relating to the Dutch Companies of the East and West Indies, viz. : (a) Nicolas de Oliver to the Marquis of La Paz ; the Hague, 12 July-4 Oct. 1725, 31 Jan. 1726. With minutes for replies. fr, 159-163, 167 b ;-(b) Juan Bautista de Orendaya to the Duke of Ripperda ; Buen-retiro, 17 Mar. 1726. f. 163 b;-(c) the Marquis of San Phelipe to the Marquis of La Paz ; the Hague, 28 Feb. 1726. With minute for the reply, 28 Alar. f. 164 18. Marttin Perez de Anda y Salizar, Governor of Trinidad, etc., to the king, reporting the miserabl start of Guayana and imploring him to send succour, etc.; Trindad dela Guayana, 24 Nov. 1725. f. 169.

19. Diego Portales Meneses, Governor of Venezuela, to the king, on the condition of the Capuchin missions, the great need of priests, the disposition of the natives between the river Orinoco and and the Amazons, including an Amazonian female tribe, the Dutch commerce at the mouth of the Orinoco, etc. Caracas, 24 Nov. 1725. With references to the Fiscal, his report, minutes, etc., 29 Apr.-9 July, 1726. f. 173.

20. Diego Portales Meneses, Governor of Venezuela, to the king, reporting on the condition of the Capuchin missions, and enclosing (f. 181) a letter of Salvador de Cadiz, Prefect of the mission, dated Coxede, 30 Nov. ; Caracas, 18 Dec. 1725. f. 179. Followed (f. 180) by a minute of the Council, 2 May, 1727.

21. The Marquis of San Felipe to the Marquis of La Paz, on current politics in Hollandl with regard to Spanish affairs; the Hague, 15 Feb. 1726. f. 184.

22. The Council of State to the king, on the letter of Diego Portales, as above (art. 19) ; Madrid, 10 July, 1726. f. 188.

23. Juan (le Herrera y Sotomayor to Manuel de Veroiz y Zavala, respecting the fort on the R. Orinoco, with quotations from a letter of Carlos de Suere, Governor of Santiago de Cuba, etc. ; it. d. f. 191. Followed (f. 197 b) by a royal order to the engineer of Cartagena or to any other appointed by Carlos de Sucre, directing the construction of the fort and redoubts on the Island of Faxardo in the Orinoco on the receipt of Sucre's order; San Loronzo, 31 Oct. 1726. f. 197 b.

24. Agustin de Arredondo, Governor of Trinidad, etc., reporting the flight of Indians from Esquibo, a Dutch settlement on one of the island in the Orinoco, and their arrival in Guayana, the capture by Salvador Marzelino de Espinosa of Dutch vessels sent in search of them, and his disposal of them among the inhabitants, etc. ; Trinidad de la Guayana, 26 June, 1727. f. 199. Followed by a reference to the Fiscal, his report, etc., 9 Mar.-7 Apr. 1728 (f. 202); and by letters and documents relating to the subject, 30 Sept. 1726-16 May, 1727 (f. 203).

25. Colonel Carlos de Sucre y Pardo, Governor of Cuba, to the king, on the instructions given to him to construct a fort on Faxardo in the Orinoco, and on the means available for carrying them out; [circ. 1728]. f. 216.

26. The Council of State to the king, reporting upon the proposals of Carlos Suere in regard to the fort at Faxardo, his position as governor of the fort, the fixing definite boundaries for its jurisdiction, etc.; 8 Aug. 1727. f. 220.

27. Manoel Veroiz Zavala, for Carlos Francisco de Sucre y Pardo, to the king, reporting the difficulties of the Spaniards in his district of Guayana and the Orinoco, the uncertain limits of Spanish jurisdiction there, the power and influence of the Dutch there settled, the deserted state of Guayana, the uselessless of tho Faxardo fort, etc. ; [circ. 1727]. £ 227.

28. The Council of the Indies to the king, on a memorial of Carlos Sucre with regard to the construction and government of the fort on the lt. Orinoco, with proposal to include within the limits of the new district doiminated by this fort the provinces enclosed by the Orinoco, lands explored or unexplored, etc.; Madrid, 5 Apr. 1728. f. 236.

29. The Council of the Indies to the king, reporting a letter of Agustin do Arredondo, Governor of Trinidad, etc., on the Capuchin missions in La Guayana, their need of agricultural implements,etc. ; Madrid, 10 Apr. 1728. The implements were granted on 20 May. f. 251.

30. Consulta of the Council of the Indies on the founding of a new settlement of Spaniards on the R. Orinoco by Juan de Tornera Sota, Governor of Cumana, in union with the, Capuchin missionaries, called San Juan de la Tornera, Province of New Cantabria, pointing out objections to his procedings and advising the king to annul them; 10 Nov. 1728. f. 2.55.

31. The Council of the Indies to the king on the same subject and to the same effect; Madrid, 10 Nov. 1728. f. 259. Followed (f. 263 b) by a minute of the Council, that the name of the said city be " San Fernando de Maturn," if the foundation be found to have been effected, 9 Jan. 1734.

32. Agustin de Arredondo, Governor of Trinidad, etc., to the king, notifying the arrival in Guaiana of Nicolas Gervaise, a priest of Tours, Bishop of " Orrini " [ Horren ] with the object of founding missions amoung the Indians, in accordance witli a Bull of Benedict Xlll., his conference with the bishop, the bishop's request for transport to the Dutch colonies, and the means supplied to take him to Esquivo; La Guaiana, 18 May, 1729. f. 265. Followed by a reference to the Fiscal, 7 July, 1730 (f. 268), his report forbidding any such assistance, etc., 19 Sept. (f. 268), autos, etc., on the subject taken at San Joseph de Oruña, 16 Feb.-21 April, 1729 (f. 270), and Papal letters, etc., in Latin, 1726-1729 (f. 288 b).

33. The Council of the Indies to the king, recommending a further mission of Capuchins to Guayana, on representations by Fr. Francisco (le Malaga, Proctor General of the said Missions in the Indies; Madrid, 2 June, 1729. With royal assent, 1 Aug. 1729. f. 320.

34. The Council of the Indies to the king, on the royal order for a guardship at the mouth of the R. Orinoco during the erection of the fort by Carlos Sucre, etc. ; Madrid, 15 Sept. 1729. f. 323.

35. Royal order to Colonel Carlos de Sucre, elect Governor, etc., of Cumana, appointing him to superintend the construction of the fort on the Island of Faxardo in the Angosturas of the R. Orinoco, with redoubts, etc., with specified conditions and limits of his jurisdiction as Governor of the Fort and Provinces included by the R. Orinoco, lands explored or to be explored, etc.; Seville, 22 Dec. 1729. f. 328.

36. Fray Salvador de Cadiz to Ignacio de Meaurio, a Jesiut, Proctor General of New Granada, describing the progress of the work of converting the natives on the Orinoco, his second voyage in 1721 along the river with the P. F. Bartholomé de San Miguel as far as La Guayana, the hindrances caused by the trade between the Dutch and the Caribs, the only way to stop which is to build a fort on the island of Faxardo, etc.; Caracas, 3 Jan. 1729. f. 338 b. Preceded (f. 338) by a notarial certificate, Seville, 20 Nov. 1730.

37. A collection of documents relating to the alleged discovery of El Dorado, viz. (a) Notification 'by Lope Carrillo y Andrade, etc., Governor of Venezuela, reciting a petition (f. 348 b) of

P. F. Marcelino de S. Vicente, Vicar-Prefect of the Capuchin Missions of Venezuela, that an expedition ahould be undertaken to prove the accuracy of the story, with confirmatory autos (f. 351) taken in Caracas, etc., 7 Dec. 1729-12 Mar. 1730. f. 3 48 ; - (b) " Relacion del modo de deseubrir el dorado y poderlo conserbar, por Fray Marcelino de San Vizentte," etc. ; " en estte pueblo de la Santisima Trinidad de Calauoso del Rio Guarico," 5 Mar. 1728. f. 360;-(c) Lope Carrillo to Fr. Marzelino de S. Vizente; Caracas, 22 Jan. 1730. f. 369 b;-(d) Fr. Marcelino de S. Vicente to the king, noticing the suspected presence of Dutch in that district, and suggesting the sending of 200 " solteros aviles en la milicia," with permission to intermarry with the native women, etc.; " pueblo de la Santissima Trinidad del Rio Guarico on el sitio de Calaboco," 22 Aug. 1730. f. 371 b;-(e) Reference by the Council of the foregoing documents to the Fiscal; 3 Oct. 1731. f. 375 ; - -(f) Report of the Fiscal, recommending the obtaining of more precise information from the Governor; 17 June (sic), 1731. f. 375; - (g) Decision of the Council, in accordance with the Fiscal's report; 22 Nov. 1731. f. 376 b.

38. Sevastian [Lorenzo Pizarro], Bishop of Puerto Rico, to the king, reporting that the titular French Bishop [Nicholas Gervaise] had returned to Guaiana and settled among the Caribs on the R. Aguire, one day's distance from the Castle [of Faxardo], in opposition to the Governor and Vicar of Trinidad, and that he is detained in Guaiana until the writer arrives there to take means to prevent this intrusion, according to expected royal instructions, and pointing out the inconveniences and perils of this matter; San Balthasar de las Arias, 13 Jan. 1730. f. 379. With letters of the Governor of Trinidad and others on the subject, 10 Nov.-28 Dec. 1729, enclosed (ff. 387-395).

39. Austin de Arredondo, Governor of Trinidad, etc., to the king, reporting the murder of the intruding Bishop Nicolas Heruasio [Gervaise] and his company on the R. Aguire by the Caribs; Trinidad de la Guarana, 26 Apr. 1730. f. 396. With reference to the Fiscal, 31 Oct., and his report, ordering punishment of the murderers, etc., Madrid, 10 Nov. 1730 (f. 398 b).

40. Tabular survey of the artillery and munitions for the defence of Trinidad de la Guayana, sent by Agustin de Arredondo, Governor, in his letter of 28 May, 1730; with notes of repairs needed for the castle of Guayana and a description of the R. Orinoeo and the French and Dutch commerce with the natives. f. 401.

includes:

• ff. 1, 13, 169 Martin Perez de Anda y Salazar: Letters, as governor of Trinidad, to the king of Spain: 1722, 1725.
• ff. 1-12, 17-39, 173-183, 188-190, 251-322, 338-348, 379-400 Orders Religious. Capuchins: Documents relating to the Capuchin missions in Trinidad and Guiana: 1686-1818.: Span.
• ff. 17-27 Guiana: Papers on its proposed removal higher up the Orinoco: 1697-1769.: Span.
• ff. 17-27, 48-104, 117-121, 149, 191-250, 255-264, 323-347, 401-404 River Orinoco: Papers relating to the exploration, fortification, etc., of: 1587-1791.: Span. and Engl.
• ff. 39, 41 b Florida, North America: Papers relating to the English settlements in since 1722: 1737, 1743.: Span.
• ff. 39, 41 b Guiana, South America: Spanish views of the limits of Dutch Guiana: 1737, 1743.: Span.
• ff. 43 Guiana, South America: Papers relating to the fear of English occupation Of the Dutch settlements, etc.: 1787-1788.: Span.
• ff. 48, 63 Antonio de La Pedrossa y Guerrero: Letter, as viceroy of New Granada, to F. de Arana, etc.: 1719-1722.: Span.
• f. 60 Francisco de Arana: Letter to the Marquis of Grimaldo: 1723.: Span.
• f. 63 Netherlands, United Provinces: Paper, relating to Dutch influence on the Orinoco: 1719-1738.: Span.
• ff. 105, 107, 111, 114, 122 b-148 b Isidro Casado, Marquis de Monteleone; Spanish Ambassador at the Hague: Letters to the Marquis de Grimaldo: 1723.: Span.
• ff. 105-116, 122-148, 159-168 Netherlands, United Provinces: Papers relating to the Ostend Company, etc.: 1723 - 1726.: Span.
• ff. 105-116, 122-148, 159-168 Philip V of Spain: Papers relating to the Ostend Company,etc.: 1723-1726.: Span.
• f. 117 Juan de la Tornera Sota: Letter, as governor of Cumana,to the king of Spain: 1724.: Span.
• ff. 159-163, 163 b, 164, 167 b Netherlands, United Provinces: Papers relating to the Dutch Companies of the East and West Indies: 1726.: Span.
• ff. 164, 184 Vicente Bacallar y Saña, Marques de San Felipe: Letters to the Prince de la Paz: 1726.: Span.
• ff. 173, 179 Diego Portales Meneses: Letters, as governor of Venezuela, to the king: 1726.: Span.
• f. 191 Juan de Herrera y Sotomayor: Letter to M. de Veroiz y Zavala: circ. 1726.: Span.
• ff. 199, 265, 396 Agustin de Arredondo: Letters, as governor of Trinidad, to the king of Spain: 1727-1732.: Span.
• f. 216 Colonel Carlos de Sucre y Pardo: Letters, as governor of Cuba, and of Cumana, to the king of Spain, etc.: circ. 1728-1738.: Span.
• ff. 265-319, 379-400 Nicolas Gervaise, Bishop of Horren: Papers relating to his arrival in Guiana, and death: 1729-1732.: Span.
• ff. 348-378 El Dorado: Documents relating to the search for, etc.: 1552-1778.: Span.
• f. 379 Sevastian Lorenzo Pizarro, Bishop of Puerto Rico: Letter to the king of Spain: 1730.: Span.