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132 page manuscript, in Spanish, presenting a detailed study of the Jesuit missions in the Philippine islands in 1619. With paging, respectively, of 44 [i.e. 43], [15] and [22] p. The latter two items lack titles and dates. The [15] p. item is fragile and worm-eaten, crumbling at the edges with slight loss of text. Photo copy available to view, as original is very fragile.

Purchase, 1950; transferred from the Clements Library, 1977.

Translated extract relating to the first recorded European contact with Palau Island in 1696, and the Christian missionary effort to 1733; also includes an account of the Mariana Islands (cf. Peckham, no. 114)

Translated title: Topographical description of the country inhabited by the heathen -- from Abra to Pangasinan, and from Ilocos S(outh?) to Caganan.

Report of an unnamed government commission appointed to study Indigenous groups in the Philippines and their conditions with a view to bringing them under Spanish control. Written after D. Guillermo Galvey's 1829 expedition (see p. 51) but before his death in 1839.

Two manuscript diaries dated November 3, 1898 to November 5,1899, written by Frederick E. Lennon (Company D, 51st Iowa Regiment). He records his entire military service in the Spanish-American War, from his leaving San Francisco, to his time in the Philippines, to his return home and discharge from the army. Lennon gives extensive descriptions of his experiences, including the frequent battles he participated in. Also included is a printed roster of the 51st Iowa Infantry, with Lennon's name included.

Bibliographic title: Diary of a trip from Willets Point, N.Y., to Manila, Philippine Islands, of a detachment of U.S. Engineers. Kept by S.N. Petersen, en route and during his stay in the Philippines commencing May 15th, 1899.

Written by Samuel N. Petersen (Company A, Battalion of Engineers). He starts his trip to the Philippines from New York, telling of going to San Francisco by train. May 22, he boards the US General Meigs headed for The Philippines and describes this trip in detail. He arrives at Manila Bay on June 19 and starts to repair buildings and roads. Then he is assigned to guard the School of Mines, and having nothing else to do, he tours Manila and tells of it in detail, its districts, the streets, houses, churches, the people, the Lunetepark, lifestyles. Included are 3 printed and manuscript passes and orders.

Spine detached; in fragile condition, with brittle yellowing pages.

Purchased, 2001.

Correspondence of the McCaskey family between 1899 and 1906, when both William S. McCaskey and his son Hiram McCaskey were stationed in the Philippines. Letters are primarily from William McCaskey to his wife Eleanor "Nellie" Garrison McCaskey, as well as to his daughter Margaret. A number of letters are authored by Hiram, who was employed in the Philippines by the Mining Bureau (449). Also included are letters written by other family members, including relatives Gregg, Nellie, and Ethel.

Correspondence includes descriptions of U.S. army life in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War, as well as news about personal and family life from relatives in the U.S.

A collection of 8 letters written by George R. Osborn from Negros Island to his parents in Ohio. Osborn discusses army life, war and military action on the Islands, and family affairs at home in the U.S.