Sinopsis de la obra

Real provisión, dated November 15, 1734 in Mexico City, and signed by the viceroy, Juan Antonio Vizarrón y Eguiarreta, the archbishop of Mexico, and the judges of his Audiencia, ordering the mayor and town council of Santa Fe Real y Minas de Guanajuato to provide additional information concerning their proposal of Sept. 20, 1732 to establish a Jesuit college in the town. Following the directives of King Philip V in his cédula of March 29, 1734 and the report of the fiscal, Ambrosio Tomás de Santaella y Melgarejo, dated November 6, 1734, the viceroy, in consultation with his Audiencia judges, requests the Guanajuato town council to submit to the king information on the number of residents of the town, the number of convents in the area, and the benefits to be gained by the establishment of the Jesuit college. The texts of the king's cédula as well as the fiscal's report are included in the order. The document also contains the official acknowledgment of the order, dated Feb. 8, 1735 and signed by the mayor of Guanajuato, Joseph Ferron, and other town council members.