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The Philippine Islands - Volume 47

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[Contents] CHAPTER XIV Of the number of girls whom this venerable brotherhood has supported since its foundation until the present time; and the report of the expenses caused by the said girls during all that time; also [the expenses] in the church of Santa Isabel in their charge, and other particulars.

[Those helped by the brotherhood are the hospital of St. John of God, of which the board of the brotherhood is patron; the house of women sheltered by the ecclesiastical judge of this archbishopric; the religious orders; the public prisons; destitute widows; orphan girls; and all poor beggars. But most of all the school of Santa Isabel is eloquent in its praises, for since 1634, the brotherhood has helped 13,270 girls, scholars, wards, women, and other persons. Many girls it has sent to swell the ranks of the Order of St. Clara, while many have been married, for whom a dowry has always been provided. The sum of 508,916 pesos, 4 tomin. . . Read More

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- Josh - Jan 20, 2022

Morga's account of the Philippine islands offers only the perspective of the colonisers throughout the archipelago, and understandably so. To my understanding, this account was prepared for the Spanish monarch and his associates for a clearer picture of the affairs and histories in the colony withou

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