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Spanish documents concerning Florida and the West Indies
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The West Indies, Exhibiting the English French Spanish Dutch & Danish Settlements with the Adjacent Parts of North & South America, from the best Authorities
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Kashnor notes, "Showing the settlements of the Caribbee Islands effected by the Treaty of 1783." Kashnor dates as ca. 1790. This may be a reduced size version of I. Prockter's 1762 map. MS note: 975 (on backing). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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Document concerning complaint against Pedro Alberni
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The collection consists of letters and documents in one bound volume regarding the outfitting of Pedro Alberni's expedition at San Blas, Mexico (in 1789 and 1790), the occupation of his troops at Nootka, and their return to San Blas in 1792. Persons represented in the collection include: Pedro de Alberni (16 letters), Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (10 letters), Manuel Antonio Flores (8 letters), Pedro Gorostiza (8 letters), Juan Vicente de Guemes Pacheco, Conde de Revillagigedo (63 letters), Francisco Hijosa (7 letters), Antonio Villaurrutia y Salcedo (17 letters), Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola (5 letters).
mssHM 327
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North America and the West Indies;
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105:669 M
Thos. Foster his Book, 1779-1785
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The largest portion of the manuscript consists of the diary that Thomas Foster kept from May 1782 through April of 1783, with individual entries dated Feb. 15 1782, and end of July 1781. The daily entries describe the weather, camp life, Foster?s duties and discuss war news and rumors, especially anxious expectations of peace.
mssHM 643
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Provisional articles, signed at Paris, the 30th of November, 1782, by the Commissioner of His Britannic Majesty, and the Commissioners of the United States of America. Published by authority
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Treaty of Paris signed September 3, 1783 between Great Britain on one side, and France, Spain, and the U.S. on the other.
mssHM 80766
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Note concerning death of the Lieutenant of First Company of Volunteers
Manuscripts
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mssHM 327