Vargas y Ponce, J. de. No. 17 in D.220.36 la instruccion ptiblica unico y seguro medio de la prosperidad del estado. Por D. J. de Vu y Py Madrid. Ibarra. 1808. (3), 51, (4) pp. 8°, "Vargas y Ponce, of whom I have several tracts, and who was personally known to me, was, in 1818,
a retired naval officer, with much scholarlike accomplishment.” =—— MS. note by Mr. Ticknor.