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fif. 166-167, no. 8. Nov. 27. Request for mission of four Recollets in 
“ isola Louisiane ”, under the direction of the Bishop of Quebec. 
1685 . ff. 20-21. Jan. 8. On the discovery of an island to which has been given 
the name of Louisiana, and the sending thither of Recollet mission¬ 
aries, at first placed under the direction of the Bishop of Quebec, but 
now, by reason of their distance from that see, placed under the pre¬ 
fect of the Recollets of French Santo Domingo, 
f. 29, no. 14; fif. 35-37, no. 26 ; f. 37, no. 27 ; all of the congregation of 
Mar. 12. Representations of the Capuchins on the various unjust 
methods of enslaving negroes; on the commendam system; and on 
the condition of Indian slaves working in mines, in the Western In¬ 
dies. “ Ad sanctum officium.” 
f. 41, no. 31. Mar. 12. Doubts proposed by a missionary regarding 
matrimony. 
f. 58, no. 16. May 7. Facoltd for the Bishop of Quebec, 
fif. 84-92, no. 24. Relation of the prosecution of two Capuchins, formerly 
missionaries in the Havana diocese, who preached that negroes, held 
as slaves, were free. 
f. 112, no. 11. July 16. Facoltd for the Bishop of Cuba and Havana. 
1686 . f. 67, no. 2. Mar. 26. Request of Father Massimiliano Sanvabriano, of 
the third order of St. Francis, for facoltd, in the new mission of 
“ Chebadentu ” [Chedabuctu ?], two hundred leagues from Quebec, 
f. 96, no. 18. May 6. Facoltd of the Bishop of Petraea, vicar apostolic 
in America, prorogued. 
f. 124, no. 21. June 18. Facoltd granted Father Massimiliano, and his 
mission placed under the direction of the Bishop of Quebec, 
fif. 224-225, no. 51. Nov. 19. Father Felice d’Artassona, Capuchin of 
America, requests privileges and favors granted by Adrian VI., and 
reports on the heavy oppression which impedes the conversion of 
souls in those parts. He desires that the superiors be ordered not to 
hinder monks from going thither according to the concession of the 
King, and that in order to fulfil the number fixed by the Council of 
the Indies, four secular priests and two laics be allowed to go. 
fif. 74-75, no. 19. Mar. 26. Father Antonio Linaz, Minor Observant, 
requests permission to erect certain convents, 
f. 117, no. 2. June 18. Facoltd of the Bishop of Guadalaxara confirmed, 
f. 118, no. 4. June 18. Facoltd of the Bishop of Durango confirmed, 
fif. 160-162, no. 33. Sept. 3. D. Tomaso and Giovane Paolo Porzio pe¬ 
tition to be recommended to the nuncio of Spain, with the object of 
obtaining for them the charge, formerly enjoyed by their father, but 
now by the Dutch, of introducing negro slaves into the Indies, 
fif. 220-221, no. 28. Nov. 19. A new letter in favor of the Porzii, and 
the sending of a brief to the King of Spain. 
1687 . fif. 14-16, no. 16. Jan. 13. Further information from the Capuchins in 
favor of their request for the privileges conceded other regulars by 
the bull of Adrian VI. 
fif. 20-21, no. 19. Jan. 13. Request of Father Antonio Linaz, M. O., that 
missionaries in seminaries or colleges erected for missions be able 
to avail themselves of certain facoltd. 
f. 84, no. 8. June 16. On missionaries in New Spain. 
