Alcance y Contenido:

Legajo 1815. 1812-1816.

(a) Correspondencia con el obispo de La Habana.

(b) Correspondencia con los obispos de Cuba y Santa Fe.

(c) Correspondencia con fray Antonio Sedella desde Nueva Orleans.

(d) Correspondencia con el Protomedicato. Expediente sobre la vacuna. (Apodaca 31 ; Capitanes Generales 767.) B, 27 cm., 450 documents.

The United States material is found in the following groups:

(a) 1812, apr.-1816, june. Letters of Juan José Diaz de Espada, bishop of Habana, to Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, captain general of Cuba, with drafts of replies. This correspondence forms one-half of the legajo. Among the letters the following deal with the United States: 1812, dec., papers in the investigation of the excesses committed by Fr. Santiago Vives, augustinian, chaplain of the regiment of Luisiana at Panzacola; 1814, oct., and 1815, feb., projected erection of an hermitage at Fernandina, Isla Amalia; 1816, apr., new curate for San Agustín; 1815, aug., sept., Capuchins as curates in Luisiana and Florida.

(c) 1813-1816, [c. 1800]. Letters of fray Antonio de Sedella, Nueva Orleans, to Apodaca. Subjects treated: Notices regarding revolutionary movements of México and the attitude of the United States, with copies of several newspapers treating this subject; notices regarding Juan Mariano Picornell, including a recommendation of him; drawing of flags of the mexican republic; protests of the spanish minister regarding Florida. Special document: c. 1800, Estado de los curatos, curas y misioneros de estas provincias de la Luisiana y Florida Occidental, de sus poblaciones, y número de habitantes católicos y protestantes.