Propaganda Fide 
195 
SCRIPTA VARIA. 
Decreta S. C. de Prop. Fide 1622. 
49 " 5 2 * “ De Cura Animarum in Novo Orbe commissa Religiosis Ordi- 
num Mendicantium a Sede App ca media designation’ Missione Re¬ 
gum Cath.” 
f. 61. “ Divisio provinciarum.” 
Stati delle diverse Missioni appartenenti alia S. A. 
This series contains for the most part printed blanks filled in with informa¬ 
tion. . The headings are: “ Citta e Luoghi ”, “ Clero Secolare suo Rito e 
Qualita ”, “ Clero Regolare suo Rito e Qualita ”, “ Parrocchie, Residenze, 
Chiese, Numero de Catholici, e loro Rito ”, “ Relazioni e Lettere ”, “ Scuole e 
Collegi ”, “ Potenze di Congregazioni, Cose notabile, Resoluzioni da pren- 
darsi “ Sussidi ordinari, straordinari, e Rendite fisse, Facolta ordinari, stra- 
ordinari, e Indulti ”. 
1. (1794-1805.) 
This contains data on Newfoundland, about 1805. 
11. (1794-1805.) 
This contains data on Newfoundland, about 1808. 
III. (1794-1808.) 
This contains data on Canada in 1807 and 1808, and on the United States 
for the same years. There are no other volumes, but filed reports. 
Informationum lib. 136 pro Missionibus diversis. 
ff. 154-155. 1697. On the need of facolta to dispense in matrimonial 
cases, in the French islands. 
f. 570. Paris, Oct. 12, 1610 (?). Letter from Father Petrus Braidus to 
Father Enemondus Massaus (Ennemond Masse), on certain ecclesi¬ 
astical necessities for the Canadian mission, 
f. 571. Notes regarding the Jesuits in North America, from the history 
of Brother T. Bresciano (F. G. Bressani ?). 
VISITE E COLLEGI. 
This collection of about forty volumes contains nothing relevant to the sub¬ 
ject in the period open to inspection, except possibly an occasional reference 
to Americans in some of the colleges, for the first college subject to the Propa¬ 
ganda and special to America was founded only in 1857. This was the “ Col¬ 
legium Americanum Immaculatae Conceptionis Lovanii ”, for missions in 
America, particularly among immigrants from Belgium, Holland, and Ger¬ 
many. This was followed, in 1859, by the “ Collegium pro Statibus Foederatis 
Americae de Urbe ” ; and in 1888, by the “ Collegium Canadense ”. Also un¬ 
der the care of the Propaganda, has been the “ Seminarium Sancti Joseph pro 
Missionibus Societatis Sancti Joseph a SS mo Corde ad Negros in Statibus 
Foederatis Americae Septentrionalis ”, at Baltimore, which is connected with 
that at Mill Hill, London, founded in 1866. Whether this remains under the 
direction of the Propaganda, I could not ascertain. The eldest college, the 
Collegio Urbano (1627), takes students from all nationalities, particularly 
those desiring to enter the field of general missions. 
MUSEO ETNOGRAFICO DE LA S. C. DE PROPAGANDA FIDE. 
This museum contains the Borgia Mexican manuscripts, <# and the two well- 
known maps of the new world. The Borgia collection of manuscripts has 
been transferred to the Vatican Library, and is described under that head. 
79 See Kingsborough, Antiquities of Mexico, vol. III., and Anales del Museo Nacional 
de Mexico, IV. 264, and V. 12. 
