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fountain,^ a bridge, and a street in Manila, and by a portrait on 

 the 26-centavo •* stamp (Philippine issue of 1906).^ It is to rem- 

 edy this defect that I have carefully examined all the manu- 

 script material, especially in the archives of the city of Manila, 

 that might bear on the subject, and present in this paper the 

 result of my investigations." 



Francisco de Carriedo y Peredo was bom at Ganzo, a hamlet 

 in the town of Torrevalega, in the Province of Santander, Spain, 

 on November 7, 1690, and died in Manila on September 7, 1743/ 

 He came to the Philippines in 1722 in charge of the cargo of the 

 Santa Familia, one of the Acapulco galleons, and thus secured 

 the title of "general." « On June 26, 1727, he married Mariana 

 de Cosio, daughter of Toribio (Florencio) Jose Miguel, Marquis 

 of Torre Campo, thirty-third governor and captain-general of 

 the Philippines (1721-1729). » His wife died childless" less 



' The fountain bears the simple inscription (Plate I) : 



A Carriedo 



MANILA 



1878-1884 



* One centavo equals 0.5 cent United States currency ; 100 centavos equal 

 1 peso, or 50 cents United States currency. 



° The portrait is taken from a bust originally in the possession of the 

 city of Manila, which has now disappeared. A photograph of the bust is 

 in the Bureau of Archives of the Philippine Government (Record Divi- 

 sion). As no picture of Carriedo was extant and no account of his 

 appearance could be found, the bust, which was selected from over twenty 

 entered for competition, is merely a creation of artistic imagination and is 

 not here reproduced. 



" At this juncture, I desire to express my obligations to the courtesy 

 extended by the officials of the city of Manila in my work. 



' Ganzo is in the archdeaconry of Santillana. The extract from the 

 church register of the parish of San Martin, Ganzo, which records his 

 baptism, may be translated as follows: On November 20, 1690, I, Juan 

 Gutierrez Quixano, parish priest of San Martin, Ganzo, baptized, and 

 anointed with holy oil Francisco, legitimate son of Joseph de Carriedo 

 and Juliana de Peredo, bom on the seventh day of the same month. His 

 godparents were his grandparents, Juan de Carriedo and Ana de Peredo 

 of the village of Quixas, and the witnesses, Juan Gomez and Bernardo 

 Gomez. 



' Audiencia y Chancilleria de las Islas Filipinas. Reales sentencias 

 y autos definitivos. Manila (1736), 236. The sailing master, piloto, of 

 a galleon bore the title of "capitan." 



' The archives of the Cathedral of Manila contain a record of the 

 marriage, of which the following is a translation: On June 26, 1727, in 

 my presence, as judge, provisor, and vicar-general of this archbishopric, 

 were married, by pledging of troth. Dona Mariana de Cosio, spinster, 

 of the city of Santiago, Guatemala, legitimate maiden daughter of Don 

 Thorivio Jose Miguel de Cosio y Campo, Marquis of Torre Campo, 



