Archivo Nacional de Cuba Collection Pertaining to Spanish Colonial Rule in Louisiana and the Floridas
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encoded as: Archivo Nacional de Cuba Collection Pertaining to Spanish Colonial Rule in Louisiana and the Floridas
topic: Archivo Nacional de Cuba Collection Pertaining to Spanish Colonial Rule in Louisiana and the Floridas 1770-1911 (bulk 1770-1805)
subject: Archivo Nacional de Cuba Collection Pertaining to Spanish Colonial Rule in Louisiana and the Floridas 1770-1911 (bulk 1770-1805)
topic: Cédulas y órdenes, 1770-1785
subject: Cédulas y órdenes, 1770-1785
topic: Index of correspondence of 1766-1823 of the Capitanes-Generales of the island of Cuba, 1911
subject: Index of correspondence of 1766-1823 of the Capitanes-Generales of the island of Cuba, 1911
topic: Louisiana and West Florida
subject: Louisiana and West Florida
topic: Letters of Bernardo de Gálvez
subject: Letters of Bernardo de Gálvez
topic: Copybook no. 2
subject: Copybook no. 2
topic: Parts I-III, 1777-1779
subject: Parts I-III, 1777-1779
topic: Parts IV-V, 1777-1781
subject: Parts IV-V, 1777-1781
topic: Copybook no. 3, 1777-1781
subject: Copybook no. 3, 1777-1781
topic: Panton, William; Indian commerce; land grants, etc.
subject: Panton, William; Indian commerce; land grants, etc.
topic: Legajo 1
subject: Legajo 1
topic: Part I, 1785-1793
subject: Part I, 1785-1793
topic: Parts II-III, 1783-1800
subject: Parts II-III, 1783-1800
topic: Legajo 2, 1780-1807
subject: Legajo 2, 1780-1807
topic: Legajo 4, 1803-1805
subject: Legajo 4, 1803-1805
topic: Legajo 9, 1794-1830
subject: Legajo 9, 1794-1830

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Manuscript Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
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provides access to: Archivo Nacional de Cuba Collection Pertaining to Spanish Colonial Rule in Louisiana and the Floridas 1770-1911 (bulk 1770-1805)
provides access to: Cédulas y órdenes, 1770-1785
provides access to: Index of correspondence of 1766-1823 of the Capitanes-Generales of the island of Cuba, 1911
provides access to: Louisiana and West Florida
provides access to: Letters of Bernardo de Gálvez
provides access to: Copybook no. 2
provides access to: Parts I-III, 1777-1779
provides access to: Parts IV-V, 1777-1781
provides access to: Copybook no. 3, 1777-1781
provides access to: Panton, William; Indian commerce; land grants, etc.
provides access to: Legajo 1
provides access to: Part I, 1785-1793
provides access to: Parts II-III, 1783-1800
provides access to: Legajo 2, 1780-1807
provides access to: Legajo 4, 1803-1805
provides access to: Legajo 9, 1794-1830

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Archivo Nacional de Cuba Collection Pertaining to Spanish Colonial Rule in Louisiana and the Floridas
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Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
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Archivo Nacional de Cuba Collection Pertaining to Spanish Colonial Rule in Louisiana and the Floridas 1770-1911 (bulk 1770-1805)
type: ArchivalResource
access provided by: Manuscript Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
level: collection
extent: 800 items
extent: 3 containers
extent: 1.2 linear feet
language: eng
language: spa
origination: Archivo Nacional de Cuba
scopecontent: Scope and Content Note Transcripts of the records of the Archivo Nacional de Cuba span the years 1770-1911, with the bulk of the material dating from 1770 to 1805. The records are in Spanish and English and concern the Spanish colonial administration of Louisiana and Florida. With the exception of a handwritten “Index of correspondence,” the items are blueprint copies made sometime before 1913 of typewritten transcripts of documents in the Cuban archive. The transcripts may have resulted from the work of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Its Department of Historical Research was dedicated to finding documentary sources for the study of American history in foreign archives and publishing a series of guides. The Guide to the Materials for American History in Cuban Archives by Luis Marino Perez was published in 1907. Records in the present collection are described in the Perez book as document numbers 347, 375, and appendix A. A copy of this guide is in the Manuscript Division Reading Room. The Cédulas y órdenes is a collection of Spanish government orders and documents concerning trade and the administration of Louisiana and Florida. The index of correspondence of the Capitanes-Generales of Cuba was copied in 1911 before the records were sent from Cuba to Spain. It indexes legajos 1-958, “correspondientes al Ramo de Guerra,” and includes a brief description for each entry. The file “Letters of Bernardo de Gálvez,” written by the Spanish governor of Louisiana, consists of transcripts of his copybooks of correspondence to the secretary of the Indies, José de Gálvez, and to the capitanes-generales at Havana, the Marqués de la Torre and Diego Josef Navarro. Some letters are abstracted while others appear to be full transcripts. Many of the letters relate to military matters, including the assistance given by the Spaniards to the American colonists in revolt, the plans of the Americans to capture Pensacola (1777), and the anticipated attack on New Orleans by the Brit…
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has part: Cédulas y órdenes, 1770-1785
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has part: Index of correspondence of 1766-1823 of the Capitanes-Generales of the island of Cuba, 1911
aggregates: Index of correspondence of 1766-1823 of the Capitanes-Generales of the island of Cuba, 1911
has part: Louisiana and West Florida
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Archivo Nacional de Cuba
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Cédulas y órdenes, 1770-1785
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Index of correspondence of 1766-1823 of the Capitanes-Generales of the island of Cuba, 1911
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Louisiana and West Florida
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Letters of Bernardo de Gálvez
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has part: Copybook no. 3, 1777-1781
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Panton, William; Indian commerce; land grants, etc.
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Copybook no. 2
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has part: Parts IV-V, 1777-1781
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Copybook no. 3, 1777-1781
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Parts I-III, 1777-1779
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Parts IV-V, 1777-1781
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Legajo 1
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has part: Part I, 1785-1793
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has part: Parts II-III, 1783-1800
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Legajo 2, 1780-1807
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Legajo 4, 1803-1805
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Legajo 9, 1794-1830
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Part I, 1785-1793
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Parts II-III, 1783-1800
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