Luis Aury papers
Language: spa
Number of pages: 62
Subjects: Privateering; Naval History; History
Description: Correspondence, legal records, and other papers relating to Aury's experiences as a member of French naval forces sent to Hispaniola in 1802, corsair conducting raids on English and Spanish ships in the Caribbean Sea, naval commander for the United Provinces of Rio del Plata (Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata), and governor of an independent republic in Galveston, Texas.
Notes: Open to research.

Purchase, 1995.

French privateer and governor of an independent republic which he established in Galveston, Texas.  Born circa 1787; died circa 1821.

Collection material in French and Spanish.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009074

A commission of unknown provenance was transferred from the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection in 1996.