88 
Vatican Archives 
1609-1699, 1645-1679, and 1664-1673, of the letters to princes, were examined 
and references to all material relating to America, except Brazil, are noted 
below. 
115 . f. 282. Oct. 31, 1686. Queen of Spain, by Don Garcia de Villagran y 
Maban, to the cardinal secretary of state, on the powers of the Bishop 
of Cuba and Havana. 
116 . f. 183. Aug. 21, 1687. Don Alonzo Caruero to Innocent XI., on the need 
of a grant from the ecclesiastical revenues of the Indies, to facilitate 
defence against the pirates. 
f. 187. King of Spain to Innocent XI., Sept. 3, 1687, on same subject. 
118 . f. 195. Sept., 1688. Same to same, on same subject. 
The following list enumerates all those remaining volumes of the collection 
which may conceivably contain American material: 
Letters from Princes. Arm. I. 
1. 1515-1590. 
2 . To Leo X. and Clement VII. 
1513-1524. 
3 - 8 . To Clement VII. 1825-1833. 
10 - 11 . 1528-1567. 
13 , 14,14 A. From cardinals and bish- 
00 
ops. 1539-1549. 
15 . To the College of Cardinals. 1540- 
1550 - 
19 . 1551-1554. 
21. I5S2-I5S5- 
31 . From the kings of France and 
Spain, etc. 1566-1571. 
32 . To Gregory XIII. 1572-1580. 
33 . France, Spain. 1572-1581. 
45 . 1588-1590. 
46 . From Spain. 
47 . Duplicates of letters from nuncios 
and legates. 
48 . 1590. 
49 . 1508-1591. 
50 - 52 . 1592. 
54 . 1595-1606. 
56 , 56 A, 57 . 1607-1631. 
58 . 1632, 1635, 1644. 
64 . From France and Spain. 1644- 
1655- 
65 . From Spain. 1644-1653. 
68 - 72 . 1645-1653. 
75 - 76 . 1652-1653. 
78 - 108 , with 82 A and 87 A. 1652- 
1681. 
109-146 A. 1682-1740, a regular series 
except that 112 is additional 
for 1683-1699. It will be ob¬ 
served that all references to 
America in volumes 115-121 
are given above. 
In the inventory there are placed here six unnumbered volumes of original 
letters, added by Mgr. Giocanelli, June 25, 1764, and covering years 1723- 
1744. 
207 A. From the emperor, etc. 1598- 
1625. 
208 . From the emperor, etc. 1665- 
1681. 
209 . From the emperor, etc. 1689- 
1692. 
210 . From the emperor, etc. 1664- 
1681. 
211 . From the emperor, etc. 1681- 
1689. 
212. 1704. 
213 - 267 . 1712-1801, a regular chron¬ 
ological series except that the 
letters from 1739 to 1758, Ben¬ 
edict XIV., are arranged in 
classes by the titles of the 
writers. 
93 Hinojosa, Los Despachos, p. 77. Notes in these volumes, letters from Cardinal 
Farnese to the nuncio Poggio. 
