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Title: Fr. Vicente Sarría's Letter Concerning Instruction and Sacraments for Indians
Date Created and/or Issued: 1813
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: In 1813 Father Vicente Francisco de Sarría, the Commissary Prefect in Alta California, wrote this extensive letter to the Franciscan missionaries in which he offers thorough instructions on how to teach the Indians as well as administer the sacraments to the native population. Father Sarría, for example, instructs the missionaries to learn the native languages as well as write catechisms in these languages. (Libro de Patentes)
Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: http://content.scu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/msc/id/77
Language: Spanish
Subject: California Missions
Mission Santa Clara
Santa Clara County (Calif.)
Relation: Mission Santa Clara Manuscript Collection

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