Hello Goldfish
You may be onto some thing there.
After 1898 United States war with Spain. The Philippines was ceded to the United States. Which led the United States Philippine war of 1899-1902
In this time of turmoil many colonial treasures could of been cached or buried?
And of course However in the mid-18th century, Catholic colonial powers, notably France, Portugal, and Spain, had grown hostile to the Society of Jesus because the Jesuits actively educated and empowered colonized people. The Society was particularly notorious for encouraging indigenous people to seek self-governance. Because of this, the colonial powers eventually expelled the Society, often quite brutally, from their realms.
In 1768, the Jesuits surrendered the San Ignacio to Spanish civil authorities following their suppression and expulsion from Spain and the rest of the Spanish realm, including the Philippines. Under pressure from Catholic royalty, Pope Clement XIV formally declared the dissolution of the Society of Jesus in 1773.
The Jesuits did not return to the Philippines until 1859 almost a hundred years after their expulsion. I wonder how much gold and silver found its way through the Manila galleon trade with south America and china, into the hands of the Jesuits when they were in the Philippines?
The key to answering that question is research of course.
Hardluck.
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