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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Certification of Céspedes' services

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Title

  • Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Certification of Céspedes' services

Names

  • Luis Horruytiner, Governor of Florida

Created / Published

  • San Agustín de la Florida, November 20, 1638

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  The governor certifies that he found Céspedes as adjutant and raised him to the rank of captain of an infantry company to fill the place vacated by Bartolomé López Gavira, but Céspedes had to relinquish the position when Martín de Cueba arrived with a royal appointment. Horruytiner relates episodes in which Céspedes showed his valor, particularly one in which he saved the allotment for the city of Puerto Rico from a badly damaged ship and another in which he led a battle with a Dutch ship.

Source Collection

  • Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1877

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Chicago citation style:

Luis Horruytiner, Governor Of Florida. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Certification of Céspedes' services. San Agustín de la Florida, 1638. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-14816/.

APA citation style:

Luis Horruytiner, G. O. F. (1638) Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Certification of Céspedes' services. San Agustín de la Florida. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-14816/.

MLA citation style:

Luis Horruytiner, Governor Of Florida. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Certification of Céspedes' services. San Agustín de la Florida, 1638. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-14816/>.