COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Record
Author:
Spain. Sovereign (1788-1808 : Charles IV)
Author (contributor):
Godoy, Manuel de, príncipe de la Paz, 1767-1851.
Author (contributor):
Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819.
Title:
El Rey. Penetrado mi piadoso corazon de la excesiva mortandad que experimentan los niños expósitos de todos mis dominios, y deseando remover en lo posible las causas de tan grave mal, he tenido á bien mandar extender la instruccion que comprehende la cédula del tenor siguiente.
Publisher:
sn
Begin Publication Date:
1797
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991032355519706966
Permanent Call Number:
2-SIZE BB .S7333 1797 5
Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 18-224
Subjects:
Child welfare--Spain.
Subjects:
Child welfare--Spain--Colonies.
Subjects:
Public health--Spain.
Subjects:
Public health--Spain--Colonies.
Subjects:
Abandoned children--Legal status, laws, etc.--Spain.
Subjects:
Abandoned children--Legal status, laws, etc.--Colonies.--Spain
Subjects:
Spain--Social conditions--18th century.
Subjects:
Spain--Colonies--Social conditions--18th century.
Subjects:
Imprint 1797.
General Note:
Title from caption and first part of text.; Dated and signed on p. [14-15]: Dada en San Lorenzo a once de diciembre de mil setecientos noventa y seis. Yo el rey. Manuel de Godoy.; Further certified on p. [15]: Fecha en [blank] á [blank] de [blank] de mil setecientos noventa y siete. [blank]; Printed at foot p. [15]: Para que en los reynos de Indias é Islas Filipinas se observe el reglamento inserto para la policía general de expósitos, en los términos que se expresa.; Real cédula giving a new set of instructions regarding the hygiene and treatment of abandoned children in America and in all his dominions. The king, aware of the high mortality of abandoned children in his domains, sends precise instruction for the medical treatment and hygiene of these orphan children; it includes the creation of nursuries, clothing, payment of women to feed the children, and everything related to their care.; Signatures: a⁸ (a8 verso blank)
Local Note:
John Carter Brown Library copy is printed on tax-stamped paper dated 1797.; John Carter Brown Library copy has certification on p. [15] filled in as: Fecha en Aranjez á tres de mayo de mil setecientos noventa y siete. Yo el rey. Por mand[a]do del rey n[ues]tro s[eñ]or Silbestre Collar [secretary of the Council of the Indies]; John Carter Brown Library copy is numbered in ms. hand from 166-179 in upper right hand corner of leaves.; John Carter Brown Library copy disbound; final leaf semi-detached.; John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Divestiture Fund.