Alcance y Contenido:

Correspondencia de los gobernadores de Luisiana y Florida con el Conde de Santa Clara.
Legajo 1501. 1798. Correspondencia con el Gobernador de las Floridas. (Santa Clara 3; Capitanes Generales 453.) B, 32 cm., 539 documents. The letters cover the months of jan. to sept., 1798. They are arranged in order by months, the letters of each governor being together within the months. Some of the letters of Gayoso de Lemos are in duplicate. The larger part of the legajo is of letters of Gayoso de Lemos. The legajo consists of letters to conde de Santa Clara, captain general of Cuba, from:
1798, jan. 23-sept. 27. Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, governor of Luisiana, nos. 79-149, 151-203. Series continued in legajo 1502; see legajo 1500; cf. legajo 154-1. 1798, apr. 4-aug. 7. Enrique White, governor of Florida Oriental, nos. 1-86, 88. Missing no. in legajo 1500; series continued in legajos 1502, 1550. Some of the letters are accompanied by drafts of replies, and there are a few other drafts of the captain general to the governors. Subjects treated by Gayoso de Lemos: Expulsion of Juan Delvaux from Luisiana; evacuation of Nogales and Natchez; visit of the Duke of Orleans (Luis Felipe) and his brothers; threatened attack on the commission of limits by the choctaws; movements of the american troops; William Empson Hutings, vicecónsul of the United States at Nueva Orleans; Daniel W. Cox. By White: Situado. Many of the letters of both governors transmit petitions and military reports, acknowledge receipt of royal orders, and treat of routine military matters. The extra drafts of the captain general transmit royal orders. Listed