The royal archives have no record of this visit.
He entered the administration of the royal archives in 1826, and was appointed director-general, a post which he held for fifty-five years.
Velázquez rarely signed his pictures, and the royal archives give the dates of only his most important works.
As a personal secretary of the king, he worked in the royal archives and collected his material from older chronicles conserved there.
"Kastle Kade has the best library on the planet, except for the King's royal archives."
The sources of the Chronica were the documents of the royal archives, to which its author had access, although he also records events from memory.
(However its decrees, which he forwarded to Madrid for confirmation, were buried in the royal archives).
As with other Spanish Baroque composers, many works were lost in a fire at the royal archives.
This letter had not been placed in the royal archives.
He also headed the royal archives and served as Portuguese representative to the court of Madrid.