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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

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Carnegie Institution of Washington Reproductions Collection

Identifier: MSS74708
Abstract

Chiefly transcriptions and copies of documents in foreign archives and personal collections relating to the history of the United States, especially the early Spanish period and British ministers to the United States from 1791 to 1812, collected for publication projects of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Dates 1686-1941; Majority of material found within ( 1686-1812)
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Sir George Cockburn Papers

Identifier: MSS16295
Abstract

British naval officer. Correspondence, logbooks, journals, fleet orders, reports, and other papers relating to Cockburn's career in the British Royal Navy. Subjects include the War of 1812 and British naval activities against France and Spain, especially in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Indian Ocean.

Dates 1788-1847; Majority of material found within ( 1800-1820)
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Jeannette Thurber Connor Collection of Floridiana

Identifier: MSS16642
Abstract

Historian. Correspondence, research material, reports, writings, speeches, photographs, and transcripts of documents in French, Spanish, and English repositories relating to the early history of Florida.

Dates 1570-1927
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Domingo Del Monte Collection of Spanish Colonial History

Identifier: MSS18218
Abstract

Cuban historian. Correspondence, diaries, writings, reports, official documents, and printed material collected or written by Del Monte relating to the Spanish colonial history of Cuba, Mexico, Peru, South America, Philippines, and the West Indies. Includes material on copper mines, insurrections, labor, immigration, and slavery and the slave trade.

Dates 1500-1871; Majority of material found within 1592-1864
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East Florida Papers

Identifier: MSS19398
Abstract

Diplomatic, military, economic, judicial, legal, and administrative records of the Spanish colonial government of East Florida for the period of its second occupation, 1783-1821. Includes royal orders and decrees, census and other vital records, and papers relating to such matters as trade and shipping, surveys, hospitals, Indians, slaves, and Louisiana.

Dates 1737-1858; Majority of material found within 1783-1821
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Harkness Collection

Identifier: MSS47662
Abstract Philanthropist and collector. Documents and papers (1525-1609: 2,939 folios) relating to the history of the Spanish in Mexico, though chiefly pertaining to the conquistador, Hernan Cortés, and members of his family. Topics include the Cortés-Avila Conspiracy (1566); a 1531 lawsuit involving testimony from the Nahuas of Huejotzingo, Mexico; other legal matters; family lands in Oaxaca, Mexico; and proceedings of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Also includes documents and papers (1531-1651,...
Dates 1525-1740
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Hans Peter Kraus Collection of Spanish American Documents

Identifier: MSS31013
Abstract

Bookman, collector, and bibliophile. Letters, decrees, order books, reports, instructions, dispatches, printed material, and miscellaneous legal documents concerning the history of colonial Spanish America, including the activities of the Mexican Inquisition.

Dates 1433-1966; Majority of material found within 1500-1800
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Louisiana Miscellany

Identifier: MSS30585
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, legal papers, maps, sketches, financial matter, a surveyor’s notebook, and other material relating to the early history of Louisiana under French, Spanish, and American control, including personal and official documents.

Dates 1724-1837
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Woodbury Lowery Collection Relating to Spanish Settlements in the United States

Identifier: MSS30676
Abstract

Lawyer, editor and historian. Chiefly handwritten transcripts of documents compiled by Lowery relating to Spanish settlements in California, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas.

Dates 1517-1803
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Vicente Sebastián Pintado Papers

Identifier: MSS51045
Abstract

Surveyor general of Spanish West Florida. Correspondence, bills of sale, court transcripts, testimonies, surveys, notebooks, plats, land grants, maps, petitions, and other papers relating principally to Pintado's duties as alcalde, commandant, and surveyor general.

Dates 1781-1842; Majority of material found within 1799-1817
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Puerto Rican Collection

Identifier: MSS80481
Abstract

Collection of documents from Spanish colonial Puerto Rico including financial material, military papers, orders and decrees from the Spanish government, and miscellaneous items from colonial Puerto Rico.

Dates 1591-1900; Majority of material found within ( 1750-1898)
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Charles Goodwin Ridgeley Papers

Identifier: MSS53058
Abstract

Naval officer. Correspondence, letterbook, and journal relating chiefly to Ridgely's naval career, especially his commands of the USS Erie (Sloop of war) during the War of 1812 and of the USS Constellation (Frigate) in the U.S. Navy Pacific Squadron. Subjects include the Latin American policy of the U.S. Navy, the wars of independence in Chile and Peru, and Ridgely's attitude toward Spain and Latin American revolutionaries.

Dates 1813-1826; Majority of material found within ( 1820-1822)
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William Thornton Papers

Identifier: MSS42895
Abstract

Architect, inventor, and superintendent of patents. Diaries, architectural drawings, and other papers pertaining to the development of the steamboat, African-American colonization and emigration, the revolt of Spanish colonies in South America, Greek independence, and Thornton's disputes with Benjamin Latrobe over designs for the United States Capitol.

Dates 1741-1865
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Nicholas Philip Trist Papers

Identifier: MSS43232
Abstract Diplomat and lawyer. Family and general correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, notes, reports, legal and financial papers, writings, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Trist's tenure as U.S. consul in Havana and his role in negotiating the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War. Other topics include Trist's business interests, particularly his sugar plantations in Cuba and Louisiana; the establishment of the University of Virginia; the Oregon boundary...
Dates 1795-1873; Majority of material found within ( 1831-1848)
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Spanish-American Affairs Collection

Identifier: MSS51128
Abstract

Correspondence, diplomatic documents, and other manuscripts relating to U.S. relations with Spanish America in the early nineteenth century.

Dates 1810-1816
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Irene Aloha Wright Papers

Identifier: MSS48272
Abstract

Author, historian, public official, archivist, and editor. Transcripts, copies, and translations of documents in the Archivo de Protocolos de Sevilla, Archivo General de Indias, and Instituto Hispano-Cubano de Historia de América, Seville, Spain. Includes correspondence, printed matter, and other papers of Wright pertaining to the documents, as well as biographical material concerning Wright.

Dates 1620-1977