[Peru, New Spain, and New Granada]:

$1,000 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

EL REY. POR QUANTO CON MOTIVO DE AVERMO DADO CUENTO CON TESTIMONI MI REAL AUDIENCIA DE LA ISLAN ESPAÑOLA QUE RESIDE EN LA CIUDAD DE SANTO DOMINGO, DE LO OCURRIDO CON DIFERENTES PRESAS QUE HAN HECHO ... A rare proclamation by Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, demanding that in the Spanish Indies the appeals of lawsuits pertaining to the Royal Exchequer be diligently observed, and that the results of these court proceedings with economic ramifications be transmitted to the Crown. This particular decree regarding legal decisions related to the business of the Real Hacienda was issued following a case before the Real Audiencia of the Island of Española which concerned prizes that some Spanish Corsairs from that island had obtained. This proclamation was to be sent to the Viceroys of New Spain, Peru, and New Granada, as well as officials of the Royal Exchequer and judges in those provinces. This copy, accomplished in manuscript in Buen Retiro on Feb. 7, 1756, is signed by Joachim Joseph Vazquez y Morales as representative of the King of Spain with the inscription, "Yo El Rey," and the annotation, "Por mand[a]do del Rey." A brief manuscript note on the integral leaf was endorsed on April 15, 1758 in Buenos Aires (?).A rare proclamation concerning Spanish legal proceedings in the New World. Not in Medina BHA, nor on OCLC.

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