| Description |
Originals: 24 linear feet (20 boxes) |
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Copies: 113 microfilm reels. |
| Form |
Collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-287. |
| Summary |
Collection consists of letters, documents and transcripts relating to the discovery, conquest and colonization of Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, the Moluccas, and the Philippines; and to the Casa de Contratación and the Council of the Indies. Correspondents include the kings of Spain and their emissaries in the New World. Transcripts are from the 1780s and mostly in the hand of Antonio de Ugina. They appear largely to duplicate other transcripts in the Muñoz Collection at the Biblioteca de la Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid. In some cases, however, they are believed to be the only surviving copies of documents. |
| Restricted Access |
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated. |
| Access |
Readers must use microfilm in lieu of originals. |
| Biography |
Obadiah Rich (1783?-1850) was an American book dealer established in London when he purchased the book and manuscript collection of Henri Ternaux de Compans in 1844. The collection included early Latin American printed books and transcripts and original letters and documents assembled by Juan Batista Muñoz (1745-1799) for his history of Colonial New Spain. Rich augmented the manuscripts portion of the collection with material purchased from Lord Kingsborough and then sold it through Henry Stevens to James Lenox in 1848. Earlier, as U.S. consul in Valencia and Madrid, Rich had amassed a significant library of Spanish books. |
| Language |
Materials are in Spanish, Portuguese and French. |
| Finding Aids |
The collection guide, a published item-level inventory and index, Colonial Latin American Manuscripts and Transcripts in the Obadiah Rich Collection (1978) by Edwin Blake Brownrigg, is available in the reading room and on internet. |
| Subject |
Rich, O. (Obadiah), 1777-1850.
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Manuscripts, Spanish.
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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
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Indonesia -- History -- 1478-1798.
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Latin America -- History -- To 1830.
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Philippines -- History -- To 1521.
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Spain -- Colonies -- America.
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Spain -- Colonies -- Asia.
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| Added Author |
Alcedo, Antonio de, 1736-1812.
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Alvarado, Alonso de.
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Amat y Junient, Manuel de, 1707-1782.
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Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566.
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Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788.
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
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Colón, Diego, d. 1526.
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Columbus, Christopher.
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Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.
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Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516.
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Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, 1713-1759.
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Gasca, Pedro de la, 1493-1567.
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Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504.
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Mendoza, Antonio de, 1492?-1522.
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Muñoz, Juan Bautista, 1745-1799.
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Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598.
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Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746.
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Pizarro, Francisco, ca. 1475-1541.
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Pizarro, Gonzalo, d. 1548.
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Ribera, Lázaro de, 1756-1824.
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Ugina, Antonio de.
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Casa de Contratación (Spain)
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Consejo de Indias (Spain)
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| LCCN |
ms 79001870 |
| Call No. |
MssCol 2570
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| Research Call Number |
MssCol 2570
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