Manuscript, Joseph Primo De Rivera, Mexico, November 2, 1723
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- Folder 1
- Scope and content:
14 pages, folio. An official letter or report in the hand of a secretary, signed in rubric by Rivera. Speaking of himself as Captain of the Cavalry, Presidio de St. Augustine, Rivera discusses the colony at Pensacola (founded only 27 years before), the existing conditions of the settlement, his fear that St. Maria de Galvez (Pensacola) Bay and St. Josephs Bay may become occupied by the English. Rivera urges fortification of these areas as an added protection of Spain's American possessions. [14 pieces]
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