Miro, Estevan, governor of Louisiana
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

to Father (Antonio de Sedella) auxiliary vicar
(New Orleans), Louisiana

He sends manuscript copy of royal order of July 10, 1786 and requests reply to the interrogatory in the order. This copy was made at Havana, (Cuba) by Ambrosio de las Cuebas, secretary, at the order of Santiago Joseph Hechavarria y Elguezua, bp. of Santiago de Cuba on Oct. 18, 1786.

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1786 Jul. 10

(Galvez, Jose), Marques of Sonora, (secretary of state, president of the Council of the Indies)
Madrid, (Spain)

Royal order (of Charles III)
His majesty desires that the religious of both sexes living in his domains use woolens made in Spanish factories. Asks religious superiors to give information concerning the textiles used in their convents. Two printed copies of the above royal order of July 10, are enclosed, one addressed to (Cirilo Sieni of Barcelona), auxiliary bp. of Santiago de Cuba, the other to Antonio de Sedella.

IV-4-a A.L.S. 14pp. 8vo. (Spanish)
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