Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
This morning at 7 ½ we set away from Sellada el Cameno. At about 10 o clock it began to snow and snow'd about a Quarter of an Hour. At about 12 o clock we arrived at Burgos which is a City about as big as Corunna. We shall lodge
This afternoon we all went to the Cathedral which is larger Than Those at Astorga and Leon (tho' not so Magnificent). It was supported by, four of the largest pillars That I ever saw in my life. There are no less than 33 religious Houses in the place. Their orders are these.
| Conbentos de Fraires | |
| Franciscos | 1 |
| La Trinidad | 1 |
| Benitos | 1 |
| Augustinos | 2 |
| Dominicos | 1 |
| Mercenarios | 1 |
| 29 | |
| Carmelitos | 1 |
| 8 | |
| Parroquias 15 | |
| Cathedral y St. Yago de la Capilla |
|
| St. Nicholas | 1 |
| Sn. Roman | 1 |
| La Blanca | 1 |
| Bejaria | 1 |
| St. Martin | 1 |
| St. Pedro | 1 |
| St. Cosmos | 1 |
| St. Lesmes | 1 |
| St. Esteban | 1 |
| St. Gil | 1 |
| Combentos de Monjas | |
| Sta. Dorotea Agustinos | 1 |
| Sta. Franciscas | 2 |
| Carmelitas | 1 |
| Agustinas | 1 |
| Trinitarias | 1 |
| Bernardos |
2 |
| Benitas | 1 |
| Catatrabas | 1 |
| St. il de fouso |
1 |
| Total | |
| De Monjas | 10 |
| Frailes | 8 |
| Paroquias | 15 |
| 331 | |
This enumeration includes several discrepancies. JQA lists eleven instead of the fifteen parishes mentioned by the Adamses' informant, their guide, and the number of nunneries recorded was actually eleven rather than ten (JA, Diary and Autobiography
, 2:427–428).