Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1774, Feb. | Born, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Canary Islands; later educated as an engineer |
| 1794-1795 | Commanded sloop on the lakes Borgne and Pontchartrain for Governor Luis Héctor Carondelet of Louisiana |
| 1796-1803 | Assistant surveyor, province of Louisiana |
| 1798 | Captain, Caballería de Milicias de Nueva Feliciana |
| 1799 | Appears in the records of West Florida as property owner in Baton Rouge District |
| 1799-1805 | Alcalde, New Feliciana District |
| 1803-1805 | Assistant surveyor, Spanish West Florida |
| 1804-1805 | Assisted in defeat of the Kemper brothers' raids in Spanish West Florida |
| 1805-1817 | Surveyor general of Spanish West Florida, Pensacola |
| 1816 | Married Maria Teresa Eulalia Balderas |
| 1817 | Transferred to Havana, Cuba; served as military engineer |
| 1829 | Died, Havana, Cuba |