465 - 1795–1816.

1795–1816. MANUSCRIPT. (BOLIVIA). COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES RELATING TO THE EXPLOITATION OF THE GOLD MINES IN LIMA AND THE MARQUISATE OF CASA PALACIO AND FRANCISCO SANCHEZ PANIZO. Six manuscripts on paper documenting various transactions involving prominent families in Lima and their contacts on the Iberian Peninsula, as well as providing insight into a political period when Spain was under French rule, with a king imposed by that nation. All are in variable condition, as they are missing the lower right corner, with varying degrees of damage to each one. Of these six documents, two are closely linked: the will of Francisco Sánchez Panizo, executed in Lima, in which he appoints an executor due to his frequent travels. Another document is a list of these voyages specifying the names of the frigates and the value of their cargoes; several of these ships were warships based in Havana, but we know they called at the port of Lima, and this document corroborates that fact. Some of them are: the frigate Minerva, the frigate Fuente Hermosa, the frigate Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, the frigate Astrea, the ship San Pedro, etc. All of them were transporting goods that had become part of Francisco Sánchez Panizo’s estate following his brother’s death and were sent by Don Sebastián de Aliaga. His brother’s widow sent a letter from La Paz, asking Don Francisco not to forget his nieces; this letter is a reply to the one she had received, which is also attached. In addition, three other documents pertain to the Marquis of Casa Palacio, Esteban Giráldez: upon his death (on June 14, 1834), a series of Masses was arranged, another document on stamped paper from 1810, written in Spanish, detailing a series of purchases made by the Marquis with the permission of King Joseph Bonaparte I in the Murcia region, involving the acquisition of vineyards and olive groves through a judicial sale. The departure ...