1700. Carta de Juan Miguel Jurado, sargento, para su esposa Juana María Vázquez.

Letter from Juan Miguel Jurado, a sergeant, to his wife Juana María Vázquez.

The author expresses to his wife Juana María Vázquez how he misses her and explains her how his business in Lima is doing.

The defendant of this process is Juan Miguel Jurado, a sergeant native to Granada and a resident in Lima (Peru). He was accused of bigamy for getting married twice: first in Mexico City to Juana María Vázquez; and later in Lima to a young woman whose name is not registered. Juana María Vázquez is the informant and this letter is provided by herself. .

Reference:

Rocío Sánchez Rubio, Isabel Testón Núñez

El hilo que une. Las relaciones epistolares en el Viejo y en el Nuevo Mundo, siglos XVI-XVIII

Mérida

Universidad de Extremadura

1999