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Valdivia, Luis de, 1561-1642. Sefior ... ,1622%, ,1929, (Card 2)
Valdivia’s representations to the King of Spain on conditions in Chile, and the treatment of the Indians there.
The date of the present letter (though the British museum sug- gests 1615) cannot be enrlier than 1620, for the context shows it to have been written in Spain after the author had completed his work in Chile, which he began in 1612 (ef. verso of !enf 1) and which continued elght years, He states (leaf 1, recto) that he was sent to Chile “29 nfios ha”. Medina gives February 9, 1593 as the date of his departure from Lima and April 12 of the same year for his arrival in Santiago, cf. Medina, Biblioteca hispano-chilena, 1897, t. 1, p. 179-192.
One of 11 photostat copies reproduced from the original in the Brit- ish museum, July, 1929,
1. Chile—Hist.—1565-1810—Sonrces. 2, Jesuits in Chile,
™ 33-2907 Library of Congress F3091.V135
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