Alcance y Contenido:

Correspondencia entre el Capitán General de Cuba y los gobernadores de Florida Occidental. Legajo 151. [1790]-1791. Correspondencia impresa entre los Capitanes Generales de la Isla de Cuba y los Gobernadores de la Florida Occidental. A, 12.5 cm., 452 documents. Most of the legajo is of 1790-1791, there being two letters of 1792 and a few of 1797. They are arranged fairly in chronological order, those of either the governor or the captain general for each month being together. The legajo consists of (a) Letters from the captains general of Cuba to the governors of Louisiana, as follows:
1790, Jan. 4-1790, July 8. Domingo Cabello to Estevan Miró. 1790, July 12-1791, Dec. 6. Luis de las Casas to Estevan Miró. 1791, Dec. 12-1792, Feb. Luis de las Casas to Baron de Carondelet (few). (b) Drafts of the governors of Louisiana to the captains general, as follows:1790, Jan. 18-1790, Aug. 10. Estevan Miró to Domingo Cabello, reservada nos. 2-3 (Jan. 18) ; nos. 40-50 (Jan. 18-27; see legajo 151-1) ; nos. 78-100 (no. 87, index only; Apr. 10-Aug. 10). 1790, Aug. 12-1791, Aug. 27. Estevan Miró to Luis de las Casas, reservada nos. 1-32 (nos. 18, 21, 29, 30, indexes only). Cf. legajo 1446. 1797, Dec. 13. Manuel Gayoso de Lemos to Conde de Santa Clara, nos. 65-71 (see legajo 153-2; cf. legajo 1500). Subjects treated: By Cabello: 1790, Indian affairs, McGillivray; repairs on the fort at Pensacola; transmission of royal orders. By Casas, 1790, In-dians; slaves; O¿Fallon; Wilkinson; peace between the Americans and the Indians; 1791, Bowles; Panton and Company; Indians; Wilkinson; O¿Fallon; McGillivray. By Miró: 1790, peace between the Americans and the Indians; Georgia establishments in Louisiana; O¿Fallon; Wilkinson;defense of colony; repairs at Pensacola; slaves; promotions and leave of absence to officials; 1791, Americans and Indians; South Carolina Yazou Company; Wilkinson; O¿Fallon and his projects; Pope, an American; McGillivray; establishment of post at Nogales, by Gayoso de Lemos; 1797, situado; and acts of American troops at Natchez. Listed