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Correspondencia dirigida a los gobernadores de Luisiana. Correspondencia varia.
Legajo 213. 1797, [1768, 1779, 1795-1799, 1801]. Correspondencia nacional y extranjera entre los gobernadores de las Floridas y varias autoridades extranjeras. C, 27 cm., 550 documents. Most of the legajo is of the year 1797, all the months being represented. There are only a few documents for each of the other years. The documentation is badly disorganized. Most of the papers are in french and english. The most extensive and most important series of papers are the letters of Esteban Minor. The legajo contains the following series of correspondence:
(a) Letters to Barón de Carondelet, governor of Luisiana, from Francisco Allain, Punta Cortada; Manuel Andry, Alemanes; J. Clamorgan, San Luis; Carlos Dehault Delassus, Nueva Borbon; José de Maison Rouge, Ouachita; Guillermo Duparc, Punta Cortada; Juan Filhiol, Fuerte Miró; Evan Jones, La Fourche; Luis Judice, La Fourche; Francisco Langlois; Antoine Saint Amand, Costa des Alemanes; L. Vanden Bemden, Nuevo Madrid; and Nicolás Verret, La Fourcha. (b) Drafts of letters of Carondelet to Clamorgan, Duparc, Jones, Judice, Saint Amand, and Verret. (c) Letters to Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, governor of Luisiana, from Gilberto Andry, Nueva Orleans; Elias Beauregard, Nogales; comité of inhabitants of Natchez; Pedro Delassus Deluzieres, Nueva Borbon; William Dunbar (Natchez); Guillermo Duparc, Punta Cortada; Benjamin Fooy, Fuerte Esperanza; J. Guion, Chickasaw Bluffs; Carlos Howard, San Luis (with drafts of replies); various indian chiefs; Evan Jones, La Fourcha (with drafts of replies); Ml. Lacassagne, Louisville; Manuel Lanzós, Natchez; Esteban Minor, Natchez; Felipe Nolan; Tomás Power, Natchez; L. Vanden Bemden, San Luis; and William Vousdan, Natchez. (d) Letters to J. T.Evans, trader at the Missouri, from James Mackay, San Luis; John McDonell, river la Sourie (1796); J. Sutherland, Brandon House; and Mauricio Williams, cap à la Cruze. (e) Letters to Juan Filhiol from Miguel Cantrelle, Cabahannocer (1795); Luis Deblanc, Natchitoches (1789); Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, Natchez (1796); Valentín Layssard, Rápido (1797); Winthrop Sargent, Natchez (1798) ; Carlos Trudeau, (1799); José Valliere, Arkansas (1788); and Carlos de Vilemont, Arkansas (1795). (f) Letters of Carlos de Grand Pré, Punta Cortada, to Bernardo de Gálvez (1779, with drafts of replies ); James Wilkinson to Gayoso de Lemos (1795); Juan T. Evans, cap à la Cruze, to Zenón Trudeau (1797); Agusíin Grande, Campo de Esperanza, to Carlos Howard; Luis Lorimier, Cap Girardeau, to Zenón Trudeau (1797); Francisco Vallée, Santa Genoveva, to Carlos Dehault Delassus (1797); Luis Judice, La Fourcha, to Gayoso de Lemos (1798-1799); and César Archinard, Rápido, to Marqués de Casa Calvo (1801). Subjects treated: The most important papers deal with affairs at Natchez, including the actions of Pope, Ellicott, and the comité of inhabitants (especially in letters of Minor and papers of the committee). Special items: 1768, treaty between the english and the Creeks made at Augusta (nov. 12) ; 1779, report on militia of San Luis (nov. 9); id. of Santa Genoveva (nov. 27); 1795, edict regarding public safety, issued by Antonio Palao at San Esteban (apr. 24) ; 1797, proclamation of Gayoso de Lemos announcing his promotion to governorship of Luisiana (apr.); census of Valenzuela (apr. 10); lists of indian debts due Panton, Leslie and company (apr. 30); proclamation of Gayoso de Lemos denying he had encouraged an attack by the indians (may 2); message of the president regarding execution of treaty with Spain (june 12); proclamation of Gayoso de Lemos adhering to the declarations of the comité of inhabitants (june 22); id. regarding appointment of permanent committee of inhabitants (july l0); id. granting amnesty to returning fugitive slaves (sept.); petition and memorial of the inhabitants of Natchez to the House of Representatives (sept. 27); inventory of the archives of la Fourche
des Chetimachas ( nov. 14); and, 1801, secret declaration of Mordica Richards regarding the voyage of Felipe Nolan (jan. 30)

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