The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the C

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... DOCUMENTS OF 1841 -1898 Internal political condition of the Philippines. Sinibaldo de Mas; 1842. Matta's report. Juan Manuel de la Matta; February 25, 1843. The Philippines, 1860-1898: some comment and bibliographical notes. James A. LeRoy; 1907. Events in Filipinas, 1841-1872. [Summarized from Montero y Vidal.] Constitution of the Liga Filipina. Jose Rizal; July 3, 1892. The friar memorial of 1898. Manuel Gutierrez, O.S.A., and others; April 21, 1898. Sources: The first of these documents, the rare volume iii of Mas's Informe, is obtained from a typewritten copy furnished by Epifanio de los Santos from the printed original in his possession; the second, from an unpublished MS. in the possession of T. H. Pardo de Tavera, who furnished to the Editors a typewritten copy of it; the third is written especially for this series by James A. LeRoy; the fourth is summarized from volume iii of Montero y Vidal's Historia de Filipinas; the fifth is obtained from a copy, furnished by E. de los Santos, of Rizal's original MS.; the sixth, from James A. LeRoy's copy of one of the printed originals, revised by a printed copy belonging to the Madrid edition. Translat1ons: All these documents (outside of the third) are translated by James Alexander Robertson. INTERNAL POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1842 Report on the condition of the Filipinas Islands in I842. Written by the author of the "Aristodemo," of the "Sistema musical de la lengua castellana," etc.1 Volume III. Their internal political condition. Madrid, January, 184J. The twenty-four chapters which I have presented hitherto,2 have only been preliminary studies, in order that I might treat of the present matter; for it would be an ill thing to speak of the internal administration of the...