Alcance y Contenido:

Documentación varia. 1777-1781. Contiene:

1.Despachos de naos parlamentarias para canje de prisioneros.(se trata de la balandra inglesa Céfiro, goleta la Respetable, bergantín el Suky, el Venus, el Mercurio etc.). 1780 - 1781.
Folios 1 - 156.

2.- Copias de reales órdenes y reales cédulas, y otros documentos. 1777 - 1781.
Folios 157 - 236

3.-Correspondencia del capitán general de Cuba, Diego José Navarro, con varios jefes e individuos de las colonias americanas. 1777 - 1781.
Folios 237 - 679

4.- Documentos sueltos.
Folios 680 - 703

5.- Duplicados.

Legajo 1301. 1777-1781. Despachos parlamentarios sobre buques en varios puntos. Correspondencia con varios jefes e individuos de las colonias americanas. Copias de reales órdenes y reales cédulas. Un pliego del conde de Lagunillas. Un plano para la batería de Batabanó. Bandos. (Navarro 72; Capitanes Generales 253.) B, 19.5 cm., 200 documents. The documents are scattered through the years 1777-1781; all of the groups indicated are present in the order given. The documents relating to the United States are in the second group and consist of letters, together with drafts of replies, to Diego José Navarro, captain general of Habana, from: 1777, oct. 16-1780, oct. 10, Patrick Tonyn, San Agustín; 1777, sept. 16-1779, mar. 27, Luciano Herrera (nos. 1-3) ; 1778, dec. 29-1779, apr. 22, Eligio Puente (nos. 4-7); 1780-1781, Francisco Matienzo, Jefferson Howlett, and Robert Deans (one each) ; 1778-1781, Henry Laurens (nº 1); Samuel Huntington (nº. 2); Caballero de Lucerne (nº 3); George Washington (nos. 4, 5); R. Lowndes (nº 6); J. Rutledge (nº 7) ; B. Lincoln (nº 8) ; Francisco Lewis, Filadelfia (nº 9); Thos. S. Lee, Annapolis (nos. 10-12); A. Nash, Newbern (nº 13); Alexander Gillon (nos. 14-21) ; John Ternant (nos. 22-24); Robert Morris (nos. 25-36) ; Geo. Meade and Co. (nos. 37-41) ; Francisco Ignacio Urerberveta (nº 42) ; Juan Larregui (nº 43). The greater part are in english, with spanish translations accompanying. Subjects treated: 1777, indian gifts; 1778, arrival of A. Gillon at Habana in command of two vessels and efforts to dispose of cargo; 1779, news from San Agustín; answers to letters recommending Juan Miralles; 1780, exchange of prisoners with Charleston; death of Miralles; arrangements for a plan of operation against Georgia and Florida Oriental by the United States and Spain; shipment of flour to Habana from Maryland; 1780-1781, answers to letters recommending Francisco Rendón; 1781, exchange of spanish prisoners at Panzacola; and recommendations of various individuals going to Habana. There are also a few documents dealing with the exchange of prisoners between Florida and Cuba. The part relating to the United States is listed