Translation No. 025
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Date: 1528, March 30.
Theme: Letter by oidores Espinosa and Zuazo of the Audiencia of Santo Domingo about the population situation in Santo Domingo
Source: PARES, Portal de Archivos Españoles--Archivo General de Indias, PATRONATO,172,R.35.
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The report of what we deem is convenient to the service / Looking for means and ways so that this island may / in this island [the following]:
These towns have been totally depopulated, with no memory / |
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The city of La Concepción, whci was the main / The village of Santiago, there used to be in it one hundred / […] |
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[…] Juan Ponce de León and Miguel Díaz, denizens of the Española island / […] |
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[…] therefore from the entire report that is submitted / |
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the necessary decisions must be made in accordance to this and to what was discussed / |
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[fo. 396v.] […] […] and estimating that this way this island would be populated / |
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as to the form of peopling
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they say each of them will take charge of founding a town / all of which is said they will do and comply with, and for this they will oblige / firstly, that it be mandated to issue a license to each of the settlers / […] […]
up to this point is what we think your majesty should mandate / and in San Juan de la Maguana. Also the pay will be very certain and safe / […] And in case that your majesty is not pleased that these Blacks be brought by / [On the left margin:] Once this [issue] of the Germans is over, his majesty will make favor to the towns of his majesty in the said island of one thousand Blacks [], so that they pay only the almojarifazgo and comply with the conditions that will be imposed upon the population of the said towns. / may join them so they find a way to bring / As to the sugar mills, there is also great need of being / […] Also your majesty should grant favor and mandate to decide that as to the Blacks / 1528 |