1783. Carta de un autor no identificado para Mateo Hidalgo, abogado.

Letter from an unidentified author to Mateo Hidalgo, lawyer.

An unidentified author informs Mateo Hidalgo about the low social origins of the family of Francisca Aranceta.

In 1783, Manuel Hidalgo Bolaños was imprisoned in the archbishop's jail, in Madrid. He was accused by his father, Mateo Hidalgo, of having married Francisca de Aranceta without his permission. One year before, because of his persistence in his desire to marry Francisca de Aranceta, his father had forced Manuel Hidalgo to leave the city of Madrid to go to live in Fuente del Maestre, with some relatives. While he was living there, Manuel Hidalgo planned another unsuitable marriage, in order to convince his father to send a written permission for him to leave that town and return to the capital. To this end he wrote several letters to his father, that were presented during the process as evidence of the plot of Manuel. Despite the efforts of Mateo Hidalgo, the council ended up ruling in favour of Manuel Hidalgo and declaring valid his marriage with Francisca Aranceta.

This letter is a response to a request made by Mateo Hidalgo to investigate the low social origins of his daughter-in-law, Francisca de Aranceta. It is associated with another letter with a similar theme (PS5137).