Puerto Rican collection, 1591-1900  (bulk 1750-1898). 

 - 1,000  items. 12  1  containers plus  oversize. 2  microfilm reels. 5  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Chiefly documents of the Spanish colonial government in Puerto Rico including orders and decrees, military records of the Spanish Ministerio de la Guerra, and financial records pertaining to budgets, imports and exports, and taxation.  Also includes baptismal records; material concerning education (1898-1900), the fortification of "El Morro" in San Juan, political prisoners, politics, registration of foreigners, and slavery; and research materials of Puerto Rican historian and government official Cayetano Coll y Toste. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1978-1980. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in Spanish, with English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011166 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 80080481  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Spain. Ministerio de la Guerra --History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aliens--Puerto Rico.<br/>Baptismal records--Puerto Rico.<br/>Education--Puerto Rico.<br/>Exports--Puerto Rico.<br/>Finance, Public--Puerto Rico.<br/>Fortification--Puerto Rico.<br/>Imports--Puerto Rico.<br/>Political prisoners--Puerto Rico.<br/>Slavery--Puerto Rico.<br/>Spanish-American War, 1898--Puerto Rico.<br/>Taxation--Puerto Rico.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Morro (San Juan, P.R.)<br/>Puerto Rico.<br/>Puerto Rico--Commerce.<br/>Puerto Rico--History--To 1898.<br/>Puerto Rico--History, Military.<br/>Puerto Rico--Politics and government--To 1898.<br/>Spain--Colonies--America.