Research Catalog

Title

Obadiah Rich collection, 1450-1843.

Author

Rich, O. (Obadiah), 1777-1850.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

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Details

Additional Authors

• Alcedo, Antonio de, 1736-1812.
• Alvarado, Alonso de.
• Amat y Junient, Manuel de, 1707-1782.
• Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566.
• Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788.
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
• Colón, Diego, 1474-1526.
• Columbus, Christopher.
• Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.
• Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516.
• Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, 1713-1759.
• Gasca, Pedro de la, 1493-1567.
• Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504.
• Mendoza, Antonio de, 1492?-1522.
• Muñoz, Juan Bautista, 1745-1799.
• Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598.
• Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746.
• Pizarro, Francisco, approximately 1475-1541.
• Pizarro, Gonzalo, -1548.
• Ribera, Lázaro de, 1756-1824.
• Ugina, Antonio de.
• Casa de Contratación (Spain)
• Consejo de Indias (Spain)

Description

• 24 linear feet (20 boxes)
• 113 microfilm reels.

Summary

Collection consists of letters, documents and transcripts relating to the discovery, conquest and colonization of Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, the Moluccas, and the Philippines; and to the Casa de Contratación and the Council of the Indies.

Subject

• Rich, O. (Obadiah), 1777-1850
• Manuscripts, Spanish
• America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish
• Indonesia > History > 1478-1798
• Latin America > History > To 1830
• Philippines > History > To 1521
• Spain > Colonies > America
• Spain > Colonies > Asia

Access (note)

• Restricted access;
• Readers must use microfilm in lieu of originals.

Additional Formats (note)

• available on microfilm;

Biography (note)

• Obadiah Rich (1783?-1850) was an American book dealer established in London when he purchased the book and manuscript collection of Henri Ternaux de Compans in 1844.

Language (note)

• Materials are in Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 2570

OCLC

NYPW92-A228

Author

Rich, O. (Obadiah), 1777-1850. Collector

Title

Obadiah Rich collection, 1450-1843.

Additional Formats

Collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-287.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Access

Readers must use microfilm in lieu of originals.

Biography

Obadiah Rich (1783?-1850) was an American book dealer established in London when he purchased the book and manuscript collection of Henri Ternaux de Compans in 1844. The collection included early Latin American printed books and transcripts and original letters and documents assembled by Juan Batista Muñoz (1745-1799) for his history of Colonial New Spain. Rich augmented the manuscripts portion of the collection with material purchased from Lord Kingsborough and then sold it through Henry Stevens to James Lenox in 1848. Earlier, as U.S. consul in Valencia and Madrid, Rich had amassed a significant library of Spanish books.

Language

Materials are in Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Finding Aids

The collection guide, a published item-level inventory and index, Colonial Latin American Manuscripts and Transcripts in the Obadiah Rich Collection (1978) by Edwin Blake Brownrigg, is available in the reading room and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Alcedo, Antonio de, 1736-1812.

Alvarado, Alonso de.

Amat y Junient, Manuel de, 1707-1782.

Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566.

Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788.

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.

Colón, Diego, 1474-1526.

Columbus, Christopher.

Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.

Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516.

Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, 1713-1759.

Gasca, Pedro de la, 1493-1567.

Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504.

Mendoza, Antonio de, 1492?-1522.

Muñoz, Juan Bautista, 1745-1799.

Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598.

Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746.

Pizarro, Francisco, approximately 1475-1541.

Pizarro, Gonzalo, -1548.

Ribera, Lázaro de, 1756-1824.

Ugina, Antonio de.

Casa de Contratación (Spain)

Consejo de Indias (Spain)

LCCN

ms 79001870

Research Call Number

MssCol 2570