Overview
Personal papers of Francisco de Armendi, including transcriptions of his children's baptismal records from Puerto Cabello and Puerto Rico, letters of recomendation, and accounts of his services to the Spanish crown during the Venezuela wars for independence.
Dates
- Creation: 1816-1839
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in Spanish.
Extent
.1 linear feet (1 volume)Includes transcriptions of baptismal records of Francisco de Armendi's children from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela and Puerto Rico; reports describing Armendi's career highlights; and letters to Francisco de Armendi from José María de Noredal y Capetilla and Brigadier Sebastián Calzada, letters from Armendi to "Senora," the "Capitan General," and Claudio Martínez de Pinillos, conde de Villanueva, and a letter to Pablo Morillo, conde de Cartagena.
Biographical / Historical
Francisco de Armendi was born in 1779 in Andalucia, Spain. He commanded a regiment in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela from 1812 to 1826, when he was transferred to Santiago de Cuba. In 1829, he was made an administrator of rents in Havana, Cuba.
Physical Location
f
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number. Gift of J. A. Escoto; Havana, Cuba; received: 1919 February 6. Recataloged from Span 3950.5F.
Processing Information
Processed by: Martha Kelehan.
- Title
- Armendi, Francisco de. Francisco de Armendi papers, 1816-1839: Guide
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01830
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Houghton Library’s Reading Room is free and open to all who wish to use the library’s collections.
Harvard Yard
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138 USA
(617) 495-2440
Houghton_Library@harvard.edu