Alcance y Contenido:

Legajo 1602. 1799-1806. Correspondencia con el Intendte. de las Floridas. Faltan varios meses. (Someruelos 69; Capitanes Generales 554.) B, 36.5 cm., 900 documents. The legajo consists of letters of the intendants of Louisiana and later of West Florida, as indicated below:
1799, May-Dec. Juan Ventura Morales, New Orleans, to Vizente Folch, commandant of Pensacola, and Francisco de Paula Gelabert. 1800, Jan.-1801, July 14. Ramon de Lopez y Angulo, New Orleans, to Folch. 1801, July 14-1803, Dec. Morales, New Orleans, to Folch, and Marqués de Someruelos, captain general of Cuba. 1805, Sept.-1806, Dec. Morales, New Orleans (to Jan., 1806) and Pen sacola (after Mar., 1806), to Someruelos. Subjects treated: 1799-1803, general matters of the intendancy of Louisi ana in connection with the post at Pensacola; 1805-1806, difficulties of Mora les and Folch, especially in regard to the transfer of the intendancy from New Orleans to Pensacola; conclusion of the affairs of Louisiana; situado of the province; navigation of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers by the Americans