Memorial, que presentan á todos estados los niños expositos de la imperial ciudad de México por mano de su Arzobispo
Contributors: Casa de Niños Expósitos (Mexico City, Mexico)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1770
Place of publication: Mexico
Language: spa
Subjects: Foundlings; Child welfare; Abandoned children; Public welfare; Institutional care
Notes: Title from caption.

Dated and signed at the end: México, y agosto 7. de 1770. Por no saber firmar, lo firmó en nuestro nombre Francisco Arzobispo de México.

Signatures: A² (-A2) B-F² (F2 verso blank)

Published over the signature of Archbishop Lorenzana and written in the first person plural in the persona of the homeless orphans of Mexico City, this memorial addresses the problem of their large number, the causes of their being orphans and homeless, their moral position in society, their begging and life style, their medical problems, and the need to care for them and reform the prevailing attitudes towards them. The chief practical plea of this essay is for money for the recently established Casa de Niños expósitos, i.e., orphans' home, that Lorenzana established between 1764 and 1767, as one of his Enlightenment creations.

Medina, J.T. Imprenta en México (1539-1821), 5381.

John Carter Brown Library copy disbound.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Bromsen Fund.