The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55 / 1597-1599 / Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

by Unknown

Doctor Antonio de Morga

The licentiate Tellez Almaçan

The licentiate Alvaro Canbrano Page 173

Documents of 1599

• [Letter to the archbishop of Manila]. Felipe III; March 1.
• [Letter from the bishop of Nueva Segovia to the king]. Miguel de Benavides; May 17.
• [Letter to Joan de Ibarra]. Miguel de Benavides; May 22.
• [Missions of the religious orders]. Geronimo de Alcaraz; June 28.
• [Military affairs in the islands]. Francisco Tello, and others; July 12.
• [Letter to the king]. Francisco Tello; July 12.
• [Ordinances enacted by the Audiencia of Manila]. Francisco Tello, and others; June 1598–July, 1599. (To be concluded.)

Source: All of these documents arc obtained from original MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

Translations: The first, third, fourth, and sixth are translated by Robert W. Haight; the second, by José M. and Clara M, Asensio; the fifth and seventh, by Arthur B. Myrick, of Harvard University. Page 174

Letter from Felipe III to the Archbishop of Manila