Add MS 36351

VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. XXXVIII. (ff. 190). 1793- 1797.

1. Manuel de Clemente y Francia to Pedro Carbonell, protesting against sending soldiers to Barinas, etc.; Caracas, 26 Mar. 1793. f. 1.

2. Pedro Carbonell to the Count del Campo de Alange, on the preceding letter and the need of forces in Barinas to prevent disturbances, etc. ; Caracas, 31 Mar. 1793. f. 3.

3. The same to Maneull de [Clemente y] Francia, on the same subject; Caracas, 4 April, 1793. f. 6.

4. Antonio Ventura de Taranco to the President of the Audiencia of Caracas, submitting for his opinion the memorial of Fray Thomas de Olot as above (36350, art. 10); Madrid, 24 April, 1793. f. 7.

5. Despatch of the Governor of Guayana, on the cutting of timber and shipbuilding on the R. Orinoco, etc.; Guayana, 10 June, 1793. Enclosing letters, etc., on the subject, 24 Feb. 1778-6 July, 1788; docketed by Miguel Marmion, Caracas, 25 Oct. 1793. ff. 11-27.

6. Miguel Marmion, Engineer, Commandant of Caracas, to Count del Campo de Alange, in obedience to the royal order of 5 Aug. 1791, sending copies of reports which he made, when Governor of Guayana, upon the population, military strength, and plan of defence of that province; Caracas, 25 Oct. 1793. f. 28.

7. Luis Antonio Gil, Governor of Guayana, to the Duke of Alcudia, on the wreck of a Dutch gunboat on the R. Orinoco and the aid he had given in the matter, etc. ; Guayana, 8 Jan. 1794. Two copies. With enclosures. ff. 45, 53.

8. Report of the same to the king, on the miserable condition of Guayana, etc.; Madrid, 18 March, 1794. Signed, 'en virtud de poder,' by Manuel de Rodrigo y Espinosa. f. 72.

9. Syllabus of documents, 1790-1794, sent confidentially by the Government of Guayana to the Council of the Indies, including a report by Miguel Marmion on the survey of the Cuyuni, and a letter (given in full) respecting Spanish sailors escaped from the French at Cayenne and received at Surinam. ff. 83-84 b.

10. Ignacio Maria de Corral i Aguirre, Spanish Minister at the Hague, to the Duke of Aleudia, as to the repayment of money advanced by the Dutch Company in Surinam to the Spanish sailors as above (art. 9); 5 Aug., 23 Sept. 1794. With enclosures. ff. 85, 88.

11. Minute of a letter of the Secretary of State to the Captain General of Caracas, pressing for a report in answer to a royal order of 5 Aug. 1791 ; San Lorenzo, 20 Nov. 1794. f. 89.

12. Fray Francisco Javier de Alfaro, Proctor General of the Capuchin Missions, to the king, forwarding correspondence with the Governor of Guayana, etc., relative to the condition of the missions; Madrid, Capuchin Convent of La Paciencia, 1 Jan. 1795. With enclosures, 1791-1791. f. 90.

13. The " Ayuntamiento " or municipal authorities of Caracas, to the Prince de las Paz, Minister of State, transmitting a report concerning the royal order of 10 Feb. 1795; Caracas, 28 Sept. 1796. f. 106.

14. Loyal address of the city of Santiago de Rionegro to the king; Santiago de Arma de Rionegro, 3 June, 1795. f. 107.

15. Firmin de Ximenez to the Prince de la Paz, Duke of Alcudia, respecting the transfer of the colonists of Santo Doiningo, I. of Española, to Guayana, which will help that province, now surrounded by Dutch, French, and English colonies and threatened by the Negro Maroon republic between Surinam and Cayenne, etc.; Caracas, 19 Jan. 1796. f. 108.

16. Despatch of the Count of Casa Valencia to the Council, submitting for their opinion reports of the Governor and Bishop of Guayana and the Proctor General of the Catalan Capuchin Missions on the unsatisfactory condition of the province Madrid, 23 May, 1796. f. 110.

17. Minute of a letter of to the Prince de la Paz, on the taking of the Dutch colonies of Demerari and Esequivo by the English, and its probable effect on the Spanish American possessions; London, 10 June, 1796. f. 168.

18. [Pedro Carbonell] Captain General of Caracas, to [the king] and Miguel de Aranza, on the distribution or demarcation by the English of the lands from the mouth of the R. Esequibo to Punta de Barima, and the intentions of Pitt with regard to Spanish possessions; Caracas, 4 Mar. 1797. With a note on the same subjects, and a minute of a letter of the king in acknowledgment, 22 Feb. 1798. ff. 171, 173.

19. Joseph Maria Chacon to the Prince de la Paz, on information he received before leaving Trinidad from Col. Thomas Picton, the English commandant there, of his designs upon the Spanish American coast, etc., with a copy of a " seditious printed paper " promising free trade and other advantages under British rule; Cadiz, 27 June, 1797. f. 177.

20. Royal order addressed to the " Audiencia " of Caracas, respecting the crown payments to the Capuchin missionaries of Guayana, the internal dissensions among them, etc. ; San Ildefonso, 7 Sept. 1797. f. 179.

includes:

• f. 1 Manuel de Clemente y Francia: Letter to Carbonell: 1793.: Span.
• ff. 1-6 Barinas, Venezuela: Papers on despatch of troops to: 1793.: Span.
• ff. 3, 6, 171, 173 Pedro Carbonell: Letters, as governor of Cumana, to the king of Spain, etc.: 1790-1798.: Span.
• f. 7 Antonio Ventura de Taranco: Letter to the president of the audiencia of Caracas: 1793.: Span.
• ff. 7-10, 90-105,179-190 Orders Religious. Capuchins: Documents relating to the Capuchin missions in Trinidad and Guiana: 1686-1818.: Span.
• ff. 11-27 Guiana, South America: Papers relating to settling the eastern part: 1779-1813.: Span.
• f. 28 Miguel Marmion: Letters, etc., as governor of Guiana, to A. Valdez, etc.: 1785-1793.: Span.
• ff. 45, 53, 72 Luis Antonio Gil: Letters, as governor of Guiana to A. Valdez, etc.: 1790-1794.: Span.
• ff. 45-71 River Orinoco: Wreck of a Dutch gunboat on: 1794.: Span.
• ff. 72-82, 110-167 Guiana, South America: Papers relating to the critical condition of, etc.: 1784-1816.: Span.
• f. 83 River Cuyuni, Venezuela: Explorations of: 1758-1794.: Span.
• ff. 83-88 Surinam, South America: Repayment to the Dutch company in, of advances to wrecked Spaniards: 1794.
• f. 107 Santiago de Arma, New Granada: Address from: 1795.: Span.
• f. 108 Guiana, South America: Proposed tranafer to, of colonists from Santo Domingo, in Hispaniola: 1796.: Span.
• f. 108 Firmin de Ximenez: Letter to the Principe de la Paz: 1796.: Span.
• f. 168 Essequibo, British Guiana: Minute on its capture by the English: 1796.: Span.
• f. 168 George III of England: Minute on the capture of Demerara and Essequibo: 1796.: Span.
• f. 168 Demerara, British Guiana: Minute on its capture by the English: 1796.: Span.
• ff. 168-178 George III of England: Papers on English designs on the S. American coast: 1796-1797.: Span.
• ff. 168-178 Charles IV of Spain: Papers relating to English designs on the S. American coast: 1796-1797.: Span.
• ff. 171-176 Guiana, South America: Papers on the English demarcation of the lands from the river Essequibo to Punta de Barima: 1797-1798.: Span.
• f. 177 Joseph Maria Chacon: Letter to the Prince de la Paz: 1797.: Span.