Report on the public administration of Peru

This material is held atSenate House Library Archives, University of London

  • Reference
    • GB 96 MS 232
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1796]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Spanish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume containing 350 leaves

Scope and Content

Manuscript volume containing a report relating to public administration in Peru, [1796], entitled 'Relacion de Govierno del Exmo. Sçnor Virrey del Peru, Frey Don Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos, presentada á su Sucesor el Exmo. Sçnor [Ambrosio O'Higgins] Baron de Vallenari y Marques de Osborno'. Includes a table of contents.

Administrative / Biographical History

Peru was a Spanish colony from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and was governed by a series of Spanish viceroys from the capital at Lima.

Arrangement

Single item.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

From the Library of the London Institution.

Other Finding Aids

Collection level description.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Manuscript folio. Bound in vellum.

Archivist's Note

Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Bibliography

Printed in Memorias de los vireyes que han gobernado el Perú , ed M A Fuentes (Lima, 1859), vol VI.

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