Francisco Frejes’ "Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribas Barbaras Del Continente"
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the complete unpublished manuscript of 38 leaves, a scribal copy with the author's signature at the conclusion (recto of leaf 38) entitled "Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribas Barbaras Del Continente." It is largely an account of the activities of the Church in 16th century Mexico relative to the indigenous population. In many instances, the author refers to the situation in the territories of Texas and California.
Dates
- Creation: 1820 - 1840
Creator
- Frejes, Francisco (Person)
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Francisco Frejes’ Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribas Barbaras Del Continente, 1820-1840, MS 246, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Biographical Note
Francisco Frejes was a Mexican historian born in 1784 in Guadalajara where he became a noted pulpit orator in his vocation as a Franciscan friar. He transferred to the convent of Zacatecas, where he would die in 1845, to utilize its library, which contained many manuscripts from the time of Spanish conquest. In 1835 he was appointed chronicler of the convent and, in 1838, became its superior.
Frejes three most famous publications include "Historia Breve de la Conquista de los Estados Independientes del Imperio Mejicano," "Memoria Historica de los Sucesos mas notables de la Conquista particular de Jalisco per los Espanoles" (1842), and a pamphlet on education. Most of his work was never formally published.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract:
The complete unpublished manuscript containing an account of the Church's activities in 16th century Mexico in relation to the indigenous population.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated as part of the Harris Masterson collection in March of 1968.
General Note
This collection is available online at: https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/37171
Subject
- Frejes, Francisco (Person)
- Title
- Guide to Francisco Frejes’ "Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribas Barbaras Del Continente," 1820-1840
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Patricia Ladd
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Spanish
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu