Scope and Contents Relating the history of Spain, particularly during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, this volume was written by a Spanish curate by the name of Andrés Bernáldes. It includes the first transcriptions of Columbus' own accounts of his voyages of discovery in the New World. Interesting item: In one passage about Columbus, Bernaldes, writes: "he was my guest and left me some of his writings in the presence of Don Juan da Fonseca, from which I copied and abridged them with others...

Scope and Contents Three of these papers are letters written by Carlota, Empress of Mexico, one from Vera Cruz, November 17, 1865, to the Senor Prefecto on her departure from Mexico ordering 1,000 pesos to be distributed to the "most needy persons." Another is written from the palace at Vienna, January 24, 1866. The third is addressed to Senor Bureau, September 19, 1866, from the palace at Miramar relative to an article about the birthday of the Emperor Maximilian (Emperor of Mexico 1863-67) and a school...

Scope and Contents These Hispanic papers; many collected by G. R. G. Conway, an Englishman who lived in Mexico for many years, include early Latin American documents dating back to the earliest days of conquest of Mexico (1519-21). Some of these papers include land grants, church matters, charges and convictions of heresy, lawsuits of many kinds, early jour­ neys into New Mexico, stories of Indian uprisings, petitions for release from prison, tax matters, family lineage, guardian­ ship papers, marriage...

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Completely handwritten, this is a treaty, written in Spanish, between the Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Governor Lemos of "the Place and District of Natchez." It contains many signatures, the majority "by his mark."