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Correspondence of José Domingo de Mazarredo and Xavier María de Munibe, Count of Peñaflorida

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:04 +0000

Jose de Mazarredo Salazar (1745-1812), born in Bilbao, reached the rank of Admiral and Lieutenant General of the Navy. One of the most outstanding sailors in the history of Spain, he was a man of science as well as an outstanding organiser of naval tactics. Author of various works and leader of several scientific expeditions, his military work did not prevent him from presiding over the General Assemblies of Vizcaya in 1808 in which Joseph Bonaparte was sworn in as Lord of Vizcaya.

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Marriage contract of Antonio María de Munibe Aréizaga and Josefa Joaquina de Aranguren Álava

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:58 +0000

The social behaviour of the Basque families most closely linked to the Court and to the political, economic and cultural activities of the Age of Enlightenment followed very marked patterns. In this sense, the marriage policy of these families was determined by the linking of their members with each other, as the case of the Munibe-Aranguren-Álava families demonstrates. These three families were closely linked to the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País and the projects derived from it. In this context, the three families became linked by marriage, thus consolidating their relationships and family strategies.

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Use of political arithmetic in trade and royal revenues

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000

Document containing the translation into Spanish by Nicolás de Arriquibar of Davennt’s 1698 work “Uso de la aritmética política en el comercio y rentas reales”. The document is addressed to the students of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País. It also contains a letter from Nicolás de Arriquibar to Miguel José de Olasso, dated 6 September 1771.

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History and the benefits of studying it, a proposal to a prince

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000

It is a work entitled: La Historia y los beneficios que reporta su estudio, propuesta a un príncipe, of which the author is unknown. It is probably linked to the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País and the education of its students. It is not known whether it is a translation. It seems to be a draft due to its condition.

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Marriage contract between Don Francisco Javier María de Munibe and Doña María Josefa de Areizaga

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:42 +0000

The document contains family information on Xavier María de Munibe, 10th Count of Peñaflorida, Director and founder of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País. The marriage between the Munibe and Areizaga families united two of the main families in Gipuzkoa that were related to the northern families that were notably connected to the Court throughout the 18th century.

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Political dissertation on the education and instruction of the pupils of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:42 +0000

This document contains a political dissertation on the education that the students of the Royal Seminary of Vergara should receive, probably written by the heads of the enlightened institution. This document must be contextualised in the years prior to the foundation of the aforementioned educational institution (1776). The exact authors are not known. It promotes the educational premises that the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País wished to establish for the education of the descendants of the families responsible for founding the first Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País.

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Correspondence of Luis Proust (Professor of Chemistry at the Seminary of Vergara) addressed to the Count of Peñaflorida

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:42 +0000

The French pharmacist Louis Proust, one of the fathers of modern chemistry, was professor of chemistry at the Royal Seminary of Vergara. This institution, created under the protection of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País, recruited some of the best minds of the time: François Duboix, Geronimo Mas, Pierre François Chabaneau, Louis Joseph Proust, Fausto de Elhuyar and Anders Nikolaus Thunborg. In this document, the chemistry professor writes to the Director of the institution, the 10th Count of Peñaflorida, about various economic matters.

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Testament of Miguel Ricardo de Álava

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:30 +0000

Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel was a Spanish military officer, diplomat and politician. Throughout his political career he held the posts of President of the Council of Ministers, Minister of the Navy and Minister of State. In the military sphere, he took part in the War of Independence, especially in the Battle of Vitoria, his native city. The French troops, already retreating, clashed with a group of British, Portuguese and Spanish troops, commanded by the Duke of Wellington. This final defeat of the French side forced Napoleon to return the country’s crown to Ferdinand VII. Miguel Ricardo de Álava belonged to an enlightened family, whose members included founders of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País and the Real Seminario de Vergara, where he studied before entering the military career.

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Ordinances of a seminary of education for young women in Vitoria

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:30 +0000

Document containing the plan and ordinances designed to found an educational centre in the city of Vitoria for girls. The educational centre was to be run by the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País, which at that time was already running the Real Seminario de Vergara. The document contains a letter from the Count of Floridablanca to the Count of Peñaflorida regarding the founding of the school.

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Statutes of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:30 +0000

Document containing the founding statutes of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del país, the first Economic Society founded in the Hispanic Monarchy in 1765. Under the impetus of Xavier María de Munibe, Count of Peñaflorida, the Bascongada was created with the aim of promoting development, science and culture. The headquarters of the institution were established in the Insausti Palace in Azkoitia, and the list of members included important personalities of the society such as Valentín de Foronda, Pablo de Olavide and Félix María Samaniego.

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