[73] Martínez de Zúñiga says he carried a special government commission as governor ad interim, and his refusal to accept the office was later used as a precedent by Bishop Espeleta in his refusal to turn over the governorship to Archbishop Rojo (Zúñiga, An historical view, II, 89). Evidently he had all the qualifications necessary to fill the office of governor, for he had been a member of the Audiencia of Quito for seventeen years, and had been also a member of the Council of the Indies (Blair and Robertson, XLVIII, 145–146).
[74] Martínez de Zúñiga, An historical view, II, 89–90.
[75] Opinion of Pedro Calderón Enríquez, July 26, 1759. Opinion of Francisco Leandro Viana, July 31, 1759, Autos of Appeal, August 3, 1759, A. I., 106–4–16. Montero y Vidal (Historia general, II, 8) states that Espeleta used intimidation to secure the office.
[76] Anda was sixty-two years of age when he left Manila to undertake the defense of the provinces (Blair and Robertson, XLIX, 211).
[77] Relación de la conquista de Manila por los Ingleses y presa del galeón de Santísima Trinidad en el mes de Octubre de 1762. A. I., 107–1–15.
[78] Manifiesto of Viana, March 8, 1762, A. I., 107–3–2.
[79] Rojo’s Narrative, Blair and Robertson, XLIX, 210.
[80] Ibid., 210–211.
[81] Testimonio del Secretario de Cámara, 13 de Noviembre, 1762. A. I., 107–3–2.
[82] Recopilación, 2–31–1 to 14.