The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898

Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century,

Volume XXV, 1635–36

Edited and annotated by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson with historical introduction and additional notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne.

Contents of Volume XXV

• Preface 9
• Documents of 1635
  • Laws regarding navigation and commerce, 1611–35. Felipe III and Felipe IV; 1611–35 23
  • Royal decrees, 1633–35. Felipe IV; Madrid, 1633–35 38
  • Memorial to the king, in the year 1635. Juan Grao y Monfalcon; Madrid, September 6 48
  • Manila treasury accounts, 1630–35. Gerónimo de ——, and Francisco Antonio Manzelo; August 18, 1638 74
  • Letter of consolation to the Jesuits of Pintados. Juan de Bueras, S.J.; Manila, February 1 87
  • Letter to Felipe IV. Andres del Sacramento, O.S.F.; Nueva Caceres, June 2 95
  • Letter from the Franciscan commissary-general of the Indias. Francisco de Ocaña, O.S.F.; Madrid, June 28 98
  • Opinion of Council and royal decree concerning request of Manila Jesuits for alms. Felipe IV, and others; Madrid, July 10 100
  • Letter to Felipe IV. Pedro de Arce; Manila, October 17 104
• Documents of 1636
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