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Correspondencia entre el Capitán General de Cuba, Conde de Santa Clara, y el Gobernador de Luisiana, Barón de Carondelet.
Legajo 153. 1797. Correspondencia recíproca entre los capitanes generales de la Isla de Cuba y los gobernadores de la Florida Occidental. A, 10 cm., 305 documents. The letters cover the year 1797 and are arranged in carpetas for each month, first the letters of the captain general and then the drafts of the governors, each in chronological order. The legajo consists of correspondence of the captains general of Cuba and the governors of Luisiana, as follows:
1797, jan. 3-mar. 2. Luis de las Casas to Barón de Carondelet. 1797, mar. 30-aug. 5. Conde de Santa Clara to Barón de Carondelet. 1797, aug. 5-dec. 22. Conde de Santa Clara to Manuel Gayoso de Lemos. 1797, jan. 21-aug. 5. Drafts of Barón de Carondelet to Conde de Santa Clara, nos. 1-12, 14-37, 39-43. (Cf. legajo 1500.) 1797, aug. 31-dec.18. Drafts of Manuel Gayoso de Lemos to Conde de Santa Clara, nos. 14, 17-63, 77, 78 (nos. 19, 21, 22 are reservada; nos. 19-21, indexes only; series continued in legajos 151-2, 154-1, 154-2, 178; cf. legajo 1500); reservadas nos. 6-9 (nº 9, index only; series continued in legajos 154-1, 154-2). 1793, apr. 5. Draft of Barón de Carondelet to Luis de las Casas, nº 326. Most of the legajo treats of routine military matters. Many of the letters of Casas and Santa Clara are merely notes transmitting royal orders and other documents to the governors of Luisiana. Important subjects by Santa Clara: Situado; treaty of limits with the United States; events at Natchez. By Carondelet: Supplies for Apalache; Panton and company. By Gayoso de Lemos: Events at Natchez; Commissioner Ellicott. Listed