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Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his sister, María De la Torre, in which he narrates his trip to Hermosillo via the U.S. and discusses some issues regarding the piano used by María

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren, in which he narrates his trip to Nogales and Tucson, Arizona

Letter of Francisco De la Torre to his mother María Uribarren in which, making the most of his school break spent in the U.S. and without the risks of sending mail via Mexico’s postal service, he describes the Jesuits’ works in Chihuahua and…

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his mother María Uribarren in which he recounts his responsibilities at the San Jose Private Day School, where he was posted in El Salvador. He describes the country’s religious liberty, its geography and the…

Letter from Father Francisco De la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren, in which he narrates his trip from the seminary in Montezuma, New Mexico to Puebla, Puebla, where he will work at the Eastern Institute. Includes an account of his transit…

Letter from Father Francisco De la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren, in which he recounts his return to the Montezuma seminary, the changes it has undergone, its new people, those already gone, his luck driving and the fate of those Jesuit…

Letter from Father Francisco De la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren, during his time in Port-Townsend, Washington written from Yakima. It describes his experiences tending Mexican immigrants brought there to harvest the apple orchards

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his parents Ignacio De la Torre B. and María Uribarren in which he describes the audience offered by Pope Pius XII to a group of Mexicans at Castel Gandolfo on occasion of the coming Virgin of Guadalupe monument…

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he announces his priestly calling

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre where he recounts his studies’ status at the Sonoran seminar in Magdalena and Luis’ doubts regarding his priestly calling

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he relates his mood, the daily life at the Sonoran seminar in Magdalena and the defections of some of his peers

Letter from the National League to Defend Religious Liberty’s regional delegate to José Valenzuela addressing his disagreements with the local clergy, the organization’s status, and his pending resignation

Report about the National League to Defend Religious Liberty´s activities in Sonora one year after being appointed regional delegate. The report presents the lack of coordination between the insurgent groups that took up arms against the government…

Letter from Juan Navarrete, bishop of Sonora, to Alfonso de la Torre and other signatories from the Mexican Youth Catholic Organization (ACJM) in Nogales, Sonora in which he explains the Mexican National Episcopate’s stance on the legal and…

Letter from the Bishop of Sonora Juan Navarrete to Alfonso de la Torre where he explains the natural and supernatural means he must use to free himself from his vices. It additionally contains an invitation for Alfonso to return to Sonora to focus on…

Letter from Bishop Juan Navarrete to Isidro in which he expresses his opinion about the legality, but ill-judged, aggressive action in Sonora and the reorientation of work for the National League to Defend Religious Liberty within the state

Letter written by María De la Torre relating the fate of Alfonso, Carlos and Luis De la Torre to another one of her brothers, probably Francisco, who at the time lived in Granada, Nicaragua

Broadside quoting Benito Juárez' reply to Archduke Maximilian's April 1864 letter. Letter is relayed verbatim, with emphasis in bold print. Se trata de poner en peligro nuestra nacionalidad, y yo que por mis principios y juramentos soy el llamado a…

A colored photograph of the billboard for Castro's campaign.

Castro's name on stationery envelopes during his Governor campagin.