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Letter to John Parish Robertson offering him a place to stay in her large country estate near Asunción. It is translated by Robertson and reproduced in his Letters on Paraguay.
Keywords: Juana Ysquibel, Robertson, hospitality
Publisher: AMS Press Inc. New York
Archive: University of Warwick Library
Location Details: Reproduced in J.P. and W.P. Robertson, Letters on Paraguay, AMS Press, Inc., New York, 1970, p.305.
Text: Robertson´s comments are in brackets.
I understand from my compadre La Cerda" (you will perceive that though he was only the godfather of her great-grand-daughter’s family, she called him her's), that you want a house in the country. Though mine is none of the best" (it was the very best), I shall expect you to take up your abode in it, whenever you like, after to morrow. I will take no excuse, at least till you can better suit yourself. I shall hold three apartments, and the necessary attendance at your service.
(Signed)
JUANA DE YSQUIBEL.
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