Correspondence to Captain General de la Isla de Cuba
Content Description
Four letters addressed to the Capitan General de la Isla de Cuba from the consulate in Jamaica. They were written by consular officers Antonio Brosa and Carlos Duquesnay. Brosa and Duquesnay report on "disorder" and "disruptions" they attribute to enslaved people and "los emancipados."
Dates
- Creation: March 28th, 1839 - August 23rd, 1842
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (One legal sized folder.)
Language
Spanish; Castilian
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Aquired with the help of the Clarice M. Garrison Rare Books Fund.
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Correspondence to Captain General de la Isla de Cuba
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository