Title: Spanish Governors of Louisiana Dispatches, 1766-1791
Collection identifier: 1103
Primary Creator: Spanish Governors of Louisiana
Extent: 30.0 volumes
Subjects: Spain--Colonies--America
The collection contains facsimiles of the regular series of official civil dispatches from the Spanish governor of Louisiana to his immediate superior, the captain-general of Cuba. The dispatches include a range of communications sent by a series of Spanish governors of Louisiana, beginning with the first governor, Antonio de Ulloa, in 1766, and continuing until Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet began his term at the beginning of 1792. The dispatches range in subject matter and include criminal proceedings, troop movements, military reports, royal decrees, financial matters, general news, and other affairs related to the colonial administration.
The documents are arranged in thirty volumes labeled with the plate (page number) range and are chronologically organized by date and year. The collection includes a "Calendar of Documents" that provides the serial number (page number), legajo (bundle) number, date of the document, and a short description of each dispatch.
Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Acquisition Source: The collection was acquired by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign circa 1917.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/louisiana-dispatches.pdf
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