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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 earlier than 1620, for the context shows it to hive been written in Spain after the author had completed his work in Chile, which he began in 1612 (ef, verso of leaf 1) and which continned eight years, He states (leaf 1. recto) that he was sent to Chile “29 nflos ha”. Medina gives February 9, 1593 as the date of his departure from Lima and April 12 of the same yenr for his arrival in Santingo. ef. 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—Sources. 2. Jesuits in Chile.
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