(CUBA) Yelloly Henry A British merchant discusses the brief

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(CUBA.) Yelloly, Henry. A British merchant discusses the brief British occupation of Havana. Autograph Letter Signed to brother. 4 pages, 15 1/4 x 9 inches, on one folding sheet; worn at folds with slight loss of text and archival tape repairs. Havana, 27 April 1763

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Yelloly dismisses the Catholics: "Their religion is a disgrace not only to Christianity but to common sense." He tells with the relish the story of a Spanish bishop who was arrested for disobeying the articles of capitulation: "Such was the fate of this rascal who in a manner commanded the life & purse of every man in the Havana. There is nothing like setting the military to manage the clergy." He also discusses the new British colony in Pensacola, Florida: "It is a fine country that we have got there tho but poorly inhabited. . . . The country round it is capable of the greatest cultivation."