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Correspondencia de los virreyes de México con los gobernadores de Luisiana.
Legajo 149-1. 1765-[1792]. Virrey de México. Correspondencia al Gobernador de la Luisiana. A, 19 cm., 536 documents. The letters cover the years 1768-1792, there being very few for each year to 1775. The documents of each year are together, and are pretty much in chronological order. The legajo consists of letters, with a few drafts of replies, from the viceroys of Nueva Spain to the governors of Luisiana, as follows:
1768, jan. 18-1769, jan. 4. Marqués de Croix to Antonio de Ulloa. 1770, jan. 31-1771, june 2. Marqués de Croix to Luis de Unzaga. 1771, sept. 30-1777, mar. 31. Antonio Maria Bucarely to Luis de Unzaga. 1777, may 27-1779, feb. 11. Antonio Maria Bucarely to Bernardo de Gálvez. 1779, apr. 26-1779, aug. 9. Audiencia Gobernadora to Bernardo de Gálvez. 1779, aug. 27-1781, aug. 29. Martín Mayorga to Bernardo de Gálvez. 1780, dec. 27. Martín Mayorga to Pedro Piernas. 1782, apr. 26-1783, feb. 19. Martín Mayorga to Esteban Miró. 1783, may 27-1784, june 22. Matías de Gálvez to Esteban Miró. 1784, nov. 26-1785, june 15. Audiencia Gobernadora to Esteban Miró. 1785, june 25-1786, oct. 2. Conde de Gálvez to Esteban Miró. 1786, dec. 15-1787, may 20. Francisco Fernández de Córdoba to Esteban Miró. 1787, may 8-1787, july 23. Alonso Nuñez de Haro y Peralta, archbishop of México, to Esteban Miró. 1787, aug. 27-1789, aug. 28. Manuel Antonio de Flórez to Esteban Miró. Manuel Antonio de Flórez to Martín Navarro (few). 1789, aug. 31-1791, nov. 30. Conde de Revillagigedo to Esteban Miró. 1792, jan. 9-1792, dec. 18. Conde de Revillagigedo to Barón de Carondelet. Subjects treated: 1768, contraband at Adaes; 1771-1773, indian affairs; 1770, 1776-1783, 1785, 1788-1792, tobacco culture and monopoly; 1771-1780, 1783, 1785, 1788-1792, situado; 1778, war of England and american colonies; 1780-1781, congratulations for successes of expeditions against Mobila and Panzacola; 1785, acadians; claims of Georgia on the Mississippi; americans and english in Luisiana and Florida; movements of officials; military matters; 1786, irish priest for Luisiana; the Georgia commissioners; acadians; indian affairs; gifts; military matters; 1787, remittance of royal orders. Listed