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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter to the Marqués de Montealegre

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Title

  • Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter to the Marqués de Montealegre

Names

  • Diego Quiroga y Losada, Governor of Florida

Created / Published

  • April 20, 1688

Headings

  • -  Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1565-1763
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Quiroga reports that he had arrived in Florida and taken possession of the governorship on August 21, 1687. He had visited the province, settling the natives' problems which had arisen during the 32 years since the last visitation. He expresses discontent with his assignment and asks the Marqués to intercede to have him taken out of such a difficult position. The poverty of the area is such that the Spaniards must depend on the annual allotment for their clothing and support, and the allotment had been delayed now for three years because of losses at sea. Signed.

Source Collection

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

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Chicago citation style:

Diego Quiroga Y Losada, Governor Of Florida. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter to the Marqués de Montealegre. 1688. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-15200/.

APA citation style:

Diego Quiroga Y Losada, G. O. F. (1688) Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter to the Marqués de Montealegre. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-15200/.

MLA citation style:

Diego Quiroga Y Losada, Governor Of Florida. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter to the Marqués de Montealegre. 1688. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-15200/>.