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I have taken a Walk about the Town a little. A River runs directly through the Town, and there are several Bridges over it. There is a great Number of Monasteries in it. There is an old ruined Castle on a Hill. But I have not had time to see much. There is a little Appearance of Business, here. Some Trades.

Upon my Inquiry after the Religious Houses in Burgos, our Guide went out and procured me the following Information.

 

Combentos de Fraires.
Franciscos
1.
La Trinidad
1.
Benitos
1.
Augustinos
2.
Dominicos
1.
Mercenarios
1.
Carmelitos
1
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8
Parroquias
15
Cathederal y St. Iago de la Capilla
2
St. Nicolas
1
Sn. Roman
1
La Blanca
1
Bejarua
1
Sn. Martin
1
Sn. Pedro
1
Sn. Cosmes
1
Sn. Lesmes
1
Sn. Esteban
1
Sn. Gil
1

Adams, John. Diary Entry, January 11, 1780. Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society. Published in Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, Volume 2: Diary 1771-1781 (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1961). Pages 426-429.