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The lost fortune of the Revillagigedo Fund
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Just a quick update if anyone interested to researching further.
It might be of interest the following book. "The Political Role of the Count of Revillagigedo, Viceroy of New Spain: 1789-1794 by James Manfred Manfredini 1949.
There might be an actual twist to the legend?
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It might be of interest the following book. "The Political Role of the Count of Revillagigedo, Viceroy of New Spain: 1789-1794 by James Manfred Manfredini 1949.
There might be an actual twist to the legend?
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Fascinating article. There are a few niches that it fits satisfactorily Need more research and data
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G'sd Morning ya blousy crew.. I have to add a few points, the Yaqui never had enough minng in trier territory to contribute much to the fund, but by coincidence their territory extends to within say a kilometer or so of 'Tayopa , so the Tayopa treasure woul have to pass trough the High Yaqui country to reach a shipping port,
second , the listing sounds extremely close to the Tayopa list--
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490 mule loads of Gold bars
120 bars of gold
1200 bars of silver
Gold Amalgam amount (?)
Floors made of mule blood, below large treasures
? bars of silver
Floors below, laege treasures
Statues, four of
gold
490 bodies
Maps and documents
and on, crude estimate over 1,000,000,000 Yankee dollars
Do ya suppose?
second , the listing sounds extremely close to the Tayopa list--
?490 mule loads of Gold bars
120 bars of gold
1200 bars of silver
Gold Amalgam amount (?)
Floors made of mule blood, below large treasures
? bars of silver
Floors below, laege treasures
Statues, four of
gold
490 bodies
Maps and documents
and on, crude estimate over 1,000,000,000 Yankee dollars
Do ya suppose
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Senor Don Jose, let us go and get this treasure tomorrow……..
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Now that is an interesting train of thought. Perhaps I'll take my traveling shoes southward. I hear Bahai Kino is nice.
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Don Amigo
The thought has crossed my mind of a possible connection somewhere? However on meditation.... Er yes old crow some times meditate ...er not with home brew medication...
There is a very large time gap between events....
From the time the Jesuits was expelled...Associates of Jesuits over time must of continued the gathering of funds... and in the time it was later referred to as Revillagigedo Fund. The Viceroy Revillagigedo never acted upon the designs of his secretary and never never the location was know by him or his family.By the time the Jesuits had returned the secret information was lost to them and Mexico went independent anyway.
It would not be the decendants of Revillagigedo family that had the information. But the descendants of the secretary...
If so as I might have found a name
El Crow
The thought has crossed my mind of a possible connection somewhere? However on meditation.... Er yes old crow some times meditate ...er not with home brew medication...
There is a very large time gap between events....
From the time the Jesuits was expelled...Associates of Jesuits over time must of continued the gathering of funds... and in the time it was later referred to as Revillagigedo Fund. The Viceroy Revillagigedo never acted upon the designs of his secretary and never never the location was know by him or his family.By the time the Jesuits had returned the secret information was lost to them and Mexico went independent anyway.
It would not be the decendants of Revillagigedo family that had the information. But the descendants of the secretary...
If so as I might have found a name
El Crow
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I npticed that also. but then the Jesuits were active openly until 1767, then the adju==== took over ?? the secretary was
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Don Jose de La ancha
?? the secretary was a ----
Don Jose de La ancha
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Hello Done Amigo and other aficionados of treasure legends?
Another book may be of interest and gives us a name of the secretary of Revillagigedo term as vice royalty of New Spain. The Books name is Miners and Merchants in bourbon Mexico. 1763 -1810 BY D.A Brading.
Ya might find interesting on page 60 of that book it appears that Antonio Bonilla may have been a secretary of the Revillagigedo administration between 1789 and 1794.
To research this story further it may pay dividends to look deeper into this person Antonio Bonilla? The good thing about this book is they do gives sources and source numbers in each archive the information was obtained from.
Could this Antonio Bonilla be the secretary referred to in the 1899 newspaper story? Was his decedent the source of the 1899 newspaper story?
Cheers Crow
Another book may be of interest and gives us a name of the secretary of Revillagigedo term as vice royalty of New Spain. The Books name is Miners and Merchants in bourbon Mexico. 1763 -1810 BY D.A Brading.
Ya might find interesting on page 60 of that book it appears that Antonio Bonilla may have been a secretary of the Revillagigedo administration between 1789 and 1794.
To research this story further it may pay dividends to look deeper into this person Antonio Bonilla? The good thing about this book is they do gives sources and source numbers in each archive the information was obtained from.
Could this Antonio Bonilla be the secretary referred to in the 1899 newspaper story? Was his decedent the source of the 1899 newspaper story?
Cheers Crow
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If someone has a membership at ancestry.com, might be worth a quick search! I would, but I got tired of paying each month when I wasn't doing any research.
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I have been pleasantly surprised with how much they have in their files though. If nothing else it might reveal current family members that could be contacted.
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There is another possibility some of the alleged treasures of the southwest was part of this alleged Revillagigedo Fund set of by dissident Spanish Mexican officials wanting funds to overthrow the Spanish from Mexico?
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Don Amigo
The thought has crossed my mind of a possible connection somewhere? However on meditation.... Er yes old crow some times meditate ...er not with home brew medication...
There is a very large time gap between events....
From the time the Jesuits was expelled...Associates of Jesuits over time must of continued the gathering of funds... and in the time it was later referred to as Revillagigedo Fund. The Viceroy Revillagigedo never acted upon the designs of his secretary and never never the location was know by him or his family.By the time the Jesuits had returned the secret information was lost to them and Mexico went independent anyway.
It would not be the decendants of Revillagigedo family that had the information. But the descendants of the secretary...
If so as I might have found a name
El Crow
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Hello embyrm
Antonio Bonilla lived right up 1860 in Arizonia. The once Secetary to Revillagigedo the Viceroy. Antonio Bonilla is recorded in the Arizona complied census of 1860 in Fort Buchanan .
There is chance some of him family descendants still live in Arizona today. It seems many of the former Spanish Mexican officals stayed on when the region became part of United States.
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Antonio Bonilla lived right up 1860 in Arizonia. The once Secetary to Revillagigedo the Viceroy. Antonio Bonilla is recorded in the Arizona complied census of 1860 in Fort Buchanan .
There is chance some of him family descendants still live in Arizona today. It seems many of the former Spanish Mexican officals stayed on when the region became part of United States.
Crow
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Bienvenidos our lost Señor Crow………good to have you back…….vaya con Dios mi amigo
