Archivo Nacional de Cuba collection pertaining to Spanish colonial rule in Louisiana and the Floridas
Language: spa
Number of pages: 800
Subjects: Correspondence; Commerce; Indians of North America; Administration; Spanish Participation; Panton, Leslie & Company; Colonies; Foreign relations; History
Description: Transcripts of material found in the Cuban national archives pertaining to Spanish colonial rule in Louisiana and the Floridas.  Includes correspondence of the Spanish governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Gálvez, with José de Gálvez, the secretary of the Indies; and Felipe Fonsdeviela, marques de la Torre, and Diego José Navarro García de Valladares, the capitanes-generales at Havana.  Also includes an index of correspondence of the capitanes-generales of Cuba; correspondence of traders operating under Spanish protection, in particular William Panton of Panton, Leslie and Company; material concerning commerce, political relations with local Indian tribes, Spain's role in the American revolution, and Spanish relations with the U.S.; and miscellaneous documents, government orders, and land grants.
Notes: Open to research.

Transcripts of originals in the Archivo Nacional (Havana). [S.l.].

Archivo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

Acquisition, Elizabeth H. West, archivist at the Texas State Library, circa 1913.

Transfer, Library of Congress Archives, 1989.

Collection material in Spanish and English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet.