Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-14

happy termination of all the points in
discussion, by means of ii friendly ar
rangemeni.
lrenew TO you, &c.
JOSE PlZARROs
SaeedOn, loM july, 1918.
From a7r. Eiriag TO Mr.. Adasas. dated
MADRID. Sept. Goth, 1915.
EXTRACT
The paper herewith enclosed is CO.
py OF tue King of SPANS g,an, of lands
10 the Count Of Punon Rostro.'
EXAMINATIONS.
THE KING.
My Governor of The Florlas, Briggs.
der the Count de punonrosfro, submitted
TO me, on the third of November last.
what follows:
SIR: The Brigadier, The Coun, de
funoIrostro, Gfandee OF Spain, of tic
| first class, and your Gentleman of the
Bed Chamber, in actual attendance, &c
DC. with The most profound respect /, sub
| mlts TO your Maiesiy Tha, piompi,d
by the desire of promoting, by all posi-
bic means, the improvement OF The extern
siye waste and unsettled lands possessed.
by 7. Nj. In the Americas, which, by Their
fertility, offer the greatest advantages,
MOI only 10 your memorialIst, ba, ts il,c
state, provided due effect, as is hoped, be
gwen to iAe noble project formed oy your
Malesiys memOriallsi oil converting IL
smsii portion of those deserts into lie
| abode OF peaceablr christian Inhabitants.
| whose industry will increase The popuia-
| tion Of your kingdoms. promote agricui-
lure and commerce, aad thereby add Inn
ihenseiy To Sour loyal revenues. Itis
enterprise should be conducted by ID per-
son, who, with IA knowledge OF the
a.
necessary for comparing the progress
| made by other nations IN similar siiua-
lions, and particularly by the United
States, WINCH, within very regent peri
Cd, have advanced their power TO an ex-
iraordmary height, and especially III the
instance OF The Mobile country, adjoining
Florida, which, III The last six wears, has
received such all influx of enieranis, as
| TO be converted from "A deser, waste, mic
rich commercial province, highly i'm
proved and peopled With more than three
hundred thousand souls. "A similar
change would be effected in Florida with
| IN eighteen or twenty years, by The adop.
non OF Judiclous arrangements, and by
those exertions which your hIajesIy's
iieiBorlallst proposes 10 employ for the
promotion of his personal interest, and
consequently That Of the stale. Relying
on Tie merits Of the case, and the lively
interest felt by your Majesty in the>ns-
tional prosperity, and IN the services and
sacrihces OF your Majestys memOrialisi,
he humbly requests your Majesty, that,
taking them into consideration, you
would be- gracionsly pleased to grant aud
cede 10 him, III full right and property.
and The mode and manner required by
law, all The waste lands mol llefltoiore
Seded III Florida, lying between The river
ferdido, westward Of The Cult OF Mex
leo, and theIivers Amus;ia and ST. JOhus.
rom Popa to the point where ii cmp!cs
into the ocean, for ihe eastern limit and
Tor The northern, the boundary Inc II tie
United Stales; and, TO the south. by the
Gulf Of Mexico, including The dese.,
Islands on The coast. He there lore luia-
bly, prays, III consideration of lbe prehi--
SEES, and Tie unquesiionable advantages
10 De derived by The nation, your MaIes-
~ VIII be pleased 10 grant this bis plii.
ton; aud, tliereupoD, direct the necessa-
ry orders TO be given 10 the local auiiIo-
rifles To afford him all due aid and pgo-
lection, as well i'll designating The leifito-
ry referred TO, as in giving fall effect 10
The whole enterprise. Ali which lie
hopes from The munificence OF your
Majesty"
/. Having taken the premises into consi-
derailoB, and bearing ~ mind the disilp-
guished merits Of the nemorialisi, and
his signal zeal for NV ROYAL service. as
well as the benefits 10 be derived by Tie
state from All increase of population in
the countries, the cession whereof he has
solicited, have judged FIT 10 grant 10
him Tie same, IN so far as Is comfortable
10 The laws ,oi these my kingdoms, and
10 make II known TO my Council of
The Indies, for IFS due execution, Nv a
royal order OF the 18th December, i'm Ike
year aforementioned wherefore charge
aud command you, by this nv royal
cedula, with due observance of tie law 2
to such cases pertaining, 10 give fall and
eheciual aid to the execution Of The said
cession, taking all requisite measures Tor
IFS Accomplishment, without injury 10 any
third patty, and 10 the end, That Tie sails
Count OF PunOnroslro may forthwith carry
his plans into execution, III conformity
with my beneticent desires ~ favor of the
agriculture and commerce OF the said
territories, which require population pro.
portIoned TO the fertility of The soil and
the defence aud security OF the coasts,
he giving regular accounts OF his pro
cerdingS, for such Is my will aud that
due mole be taken of the present ccdnla
~ the office OF the Accountant General
OF the Indies. Done al the Palace, Tie on
Of February, 1918.
I, THE KING.
BY command of the King, our Lord.
ESTEYAN VARGA
To The Governor Of tie Fioyi1as
That lac may take ihe necessary rnea-
sures to give due effect 10 tic giani, in
favor OF The Count Punonrosffn, ct tract
OF country, situate in West Florida, IS a.
Dove specIhed.
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