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DOCUMENTS OF 1596
  • Coat-of-arms of the city of Manila. Felipe II; March 20.
  • Decree regarding the bishopric of Nueva Segovia. Felipe II; May 15.
  • Instructions for Governor Tello. Felipe II; May 25.
  • Letter to Felipe II. L. P. Dasmariñas; June 30.
  • Letter to Felipe II. Antonio de Morga; July 6.
  • Letter to Felipe II. Francisco Tello; July 17.

Sources: The two royal decrees are taken from Doc. inéd. Amér. y Oceanía, xxxiv, pp. 95-98, 101-103; all the others are obtained from original MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

Translations: The first two documents are translated by Frederic W. Morrison, of Harvard University; the third and sixth, by James A. Robertson; the fourth and fifth, by José M. and Clara M. Asensio.