Add MS 36350

VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. XXXVII. (ff. 328). 1791.

1. " Noticias sobre la Isla de Trinidad de Barlovento, perjuicioios que pueden resultar de su permanencia bajo la Dominacion Inglesa, ó idea sobre su reconquista"; [circ. 1791-1800]. f. 1.

2. Minutes of two letters [of the Secretary of State] to the Governor of Guayana in acknowledgment (a) of two confidential letters of 16 Oct. and 8 Nov. last (36349, art. 12) to the Count of Lerena, and (b) of a letter of 4 June (ib. f. 197) to Antonio Valdes; Aranjuez, 28 May, 1791. f. 20.

3. Docments relating to the boundaries of Spanish and Portuguese territories in South America, etc., including letters of the Secretary of State, Miguel Marmion, Juan Guillelmi and others ; 12 Aug. 1790-14 Aug. 1791. ff. 21-30.

4. [The Superior General?] to the Provincial of the Catalan Capuchins, desiring a report as to dissensions in the missions of Guayana, chiefly in reference to Fr. Justo de Barcelona and Fr. Thomas de Olot; Madrid, 4 June, 1791. f. 31.

5. Report of Fray Luis de Barcelona, Provincial of the Catalan Capuchins, to Antonio Bentura de Taranco, in answer to the preceding letter of 4 June; Barcelona, 5 July, 1791. Accompanied by other letters and documents on the same subject, including interrogatories and the replies made by the missionaries, 30 Dec. 1788-14 July, 1791. ff. 35-167.

6. Decision of the Fiscal upon the dissensions among the Catalan Capuchins of Guayana; Madrid, 1 Aug. 1791. Noted by the Council, 18 Aug. f. 168.

7. Minute of the letter of Juan Guillelmi, as above, 36349, art. 10 (e), Caracas, 3 Aug. 1791. With letters of the Count of Lerena to the Marquis of Bajamar and the Count of Florida Blanca, forwarding the same, 20 Oct., 28 Dec. 1791 ; and Engl. translations. ff. 174-178.

8. Minutes of letters of the Secretary of State for War, (a) to Miguel Marmion, on the subject of his report of 10 July mentioned in his letetr of 6 Aug. 1788 (see 36348, art. 8) and (b) to the Governor of La Habana, sending communications to be delivered to Marmion on his arrival, etc., Madrid, 5 Aug. 1791. ff. 179, 80.

9 " Expediente " or collection of letters and documents relating to the Guayana missions, etc., 1690-1790; sent with a memorial (f. 131) of Fray Pedro de Fuenterravia, Proctor General of the Capuchin Missions of the Indians, to the king, complaining of the Governor of Caracas and others, who by their demands for cattle were ruining the missionaries and impoverishing their herds, and were sending the natives to forced work at Upata, etc. ; Madrid, Capuchinos de la Paciencia, 27 Aug. 1791. Included (f. 303 b) is a journal of the expedition of Santiago Bonaldes to Aquigua on the R. Cuyuni in 1758. ff. 181-310.

10. Fray Thomas de Olot, Capuchin missionairy, to Antonio Porlier [Secretary of State ?], thanking the king for his appointment to the mission of Panapana, in Cumana, and asking for the same salary as his predecessor; Panapana, 1 Sept. 1791. Followed by other letters, etc., down to 15 Sept. 1792, with a report of the Fiscal remitting the question of the salary to Carcacas. ff. 311-315.

11. Juan Guillelmi, Captain General of Caracas, to the Marquis of Baxamar, concerning the Guarauno Indians near the colonies of Esquivo and Surinam, and their intercourse with the Dutch ; Caracas, 15 Oct. 1791. f. :316.

12. Royal order to the Governor of Venezuela and President of the the Royal Audiencia of Santiago de Leon of Caracas, on the complaints against the Capuchin missionaries, and ordering a careful watch on Fray Thomas de Olotm now appointed to the mission of Panapana; San Lorenzo, 18 Nov. 1791. f. 318.

13. Juan Guillelmi to the Count de[l] Campo de Alange, acknowledging a royal order of 5 Aug. for a report on the nest means of colonising and defending the lower Orinoco; Caracas, 22 Nov. 1791. Followed by a copy of a royal order to the above effect, dated 5 July (sic), 1791. f. 326.

includes:

• ff. 1-19 Island of Trinidad: Idea sobre su reconquista: 1791-1800.: Span.
• ff. 20, 174-178 Essequibo, British Guiana: Papers relating to fugitive slaves, from, in Guiana, etc.: 1756-1797.: Span.
• ff. 21-30 Spain, General: Documents relating to the limits of Spanish and Portuguese America: 1752-1791.: Span.
• ff. 21-30 Portugal: Documents relating to the limits of Spanish and Portuguese America: 1752-1791.: Span.
• ff. 31-173, 181-325 Orders Religious. Capuchins: Documents relating to the Capuchin missions in Trinidad and Guiana: 1686-1818.: Span.
• ff. 174, 316, 326 Juan Guillelmi: Letters, as Captain General of Caracas, to A. Valdez, etc.: 1787-1791.: Span.
• f. 303 b River Cuyuni, Venezuela: Explorations of: 1758-1794.: Span.
• f. 303 b Santiago Bonaldes: Exploration of the River Cuyuni by: 1758.
• f. 316 Essequibo, British Guiana: Paper on Dutch intercourse with the Guarauno Indians near: 1791.: Span.
• ff. 326-328 River Orinoco: Papers relating to the exploration, fortification, etc., of: 1587-1791.: Span. and Engl.