Mar 10, 2020 - Sale 2533

Sale 2533 - Lot 336

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(MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS.) Gálvez, Bernardo de. Letter Signed by the hero of Pensacola as viceroy. Letter Signed "C'de de Galvez" (Conde or Count of Gálvez) in the role of Viceroy of New Spain, to the ayuntamiento of Querétaro. One page, 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches; several short closed tears with tape repairs, minor foxing, small paper clip stain; modern ownership tag affixed to verso. In modern calf gilt folder. Mexico, 2 January 1786
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Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez (1746-1786) came to fame as Spanish governor of Louisiana in 1777. He led the Spanish victory over the British at Pensacola in 1781, a major battle in the American Revolution, for which he was awarded honorary American citizenship in 2011. He was named viceroy in 1785, and died of typhus in November 1786, so his documents in that role are not commonly seen. This letter reads "En vista delo que V.S. nre. informa con fecha se 16 de diciembre ultimo, sobre el punto de eritraer maizes para esta cuidad de las haciendas de la jurisdiccion de Sr. Juan del Rio, prevengo a V.S. acredite la narrativar desu informe con las diligencias practicadas sobre su asunto." It concerns maize being supplied from Querétaro by Juan del Rio.