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Title: Marriage Record of Gaspar and Cipriana
Date Created and/or Issued: 1790
Publication Information: Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Santa Clara University
Collection: Mission Santa Clara Manuscript Collection
Rights Information: Permission to copy or publish any item or materials from Archives & Special Collections must be given by Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections.
Description: Many marriage records of Indian couples such as Gaspar and Cipriana (August 17th, 1790), reveal that in Santa Clara some Franciscans acknowledged existing Indian marriages and considered the Catholic marriage ceremony a “renewal” of the Indian “marital contract.” (Libro de Casamientos I
Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: http://content.scu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/msc/id/64
Language: Spanish
Subject: California Missions
Mission Santa Clara
Santa Clara County (Calif.)
Relation: Mission Santa Clara Manuscript Collection

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