Serial Number
041-02554
Title
Correspondence between Ripperda and Bucareli for year 1777.
Author(s)
Ripperda, Baron de
Virrey (?)
Date
02-25-1777
Date
12-17-1777
Documentation
Bexar. February 14, 1777 to December 17, 1777. 25p. Letters, extractos. Signed, unsigned.
Summary
Discussion of establishment of junta de justicia related to tobacco contraban. Mention of Malte who has gone to Texas to collect bills and finance church of Bucareli, also inhabitants of Bucareli ask for a priest. Various letters giving detailed description of shipwreck of French brigantine. Discussion of losses suffered by fire in presidio del Orquizac. Petition by Cazorla for title of lieutenant general. (M. Vasquez, April 1988)
Persons
Ripperda, Baron de
Bucareli y Ursua, Antonio Maria
Galvez, Jose (Secretario de Estado)
Cazorla, Luis (Capitan)
Croix, Teodoro (Brigadier)
Malte, Nicolas
Ramirez, Pedro
Aubrique, Pedro (Capitan)
Unzaga, Luis (Gobernador)
Holmes, Ricardo
Herrera, Vicente
Martinez Pacheco, Rafael (Capitan)
Places
Rosario (Mision)
Punta Cortada
Luisiana
Bucareli, Nuestra Senora del Pilar (Pueblo)
Veracruz
Espiritu Santo, Bahia
Nueva Orleans
Orquizac (Presidio)
Bexar
Habana
Ethnic Groups
Corancahuaces
Franceses
Irlandeces
Negros
First Location
AZTM, AGN, Vol. 099 ff. 246-260 exp. 1
Original Location
AGN, Mexico City, Provincias Internas Vol. 099 ff. 246-260 exp. 1
Language
Spanish
Notes
Two copies of letter in ff. 250. Letter in ff 252 difficult to read. Incomplete document ff. 253.
Reference Number
9900067
Rights
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