Holograph manuscript, attributed to a Carmelite friar writing in Mexico ca. 1730. The manuscript, in the form of an epistle, attempts to rebut the Church's strictures against the consumption of chocolate. It concludes with the proposition that chocolate is medicinal and its consumption should not be dismissed as mere self- indulgence. The manuscript was formerly owned by the Mexican historian Frederico Gómez de Orozco

• ca. 1730

• Gómez de Orozco, Frederico

1 item (19 leaves)

Primary text in Spanish with quotations in Latin

• Mexico

• Catholic Church

• Archival resources
• Cacao
• Chocolate
• Cocoa
• Diet therapy
• Early works
• Eighteenth century
• History
• Holograph manuscript

• text

Mms: 991000032119706535

TX817.C4 C56 1730z

Provenance: Frederico Gómez de Orozco

Cite as: Acerca del Chocolate. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

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2026-02-19