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The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898/Volume 10/Documents of 1598

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DOCUMENTS OF 1598

  • Letter to Antonio de Morga. Juan de Ronquillo; January 4.
  • Report of conditions in the Philippines. Antonio de Morga; June 8.
  • Recommendations as to reforms needed in the islands. [Unsigned and undated; 1598?]
  • Reception of the royal seal at Manila. Francisco Tello, and others; June 8.
  • Letters from the archbishop of Manila to Felipe II. Ygnacio de Santibañez; June 24 and 26.
  • Letters from the bishop of Nueva Segovia to Felipe II. Miguel de Benavides; June 30 and July 5.
  • Letters to Felipe II. Francisco Tello; June 17-July 9.
  • Report of the Audiencia on the conduct of Tello. Antonio de Morga, and others; July 15.

Source: All these documents are obtained from original MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

Translations: The first, fourth, fifth, and most of the sixth, are translated by Robert W. Haight; the second, by Rachel King; the third, and part of the sixth and seventh, by James A. Robertson; most of the seventh, by José M. and Clara M. Asensio; the eighth, by Helen E. Thomas.