Add MS 36353

VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. XL. (ff. 241). 1812-1824.

1. José de Chastre, Acting Governor of Guayana, to the king, ()il the critical condition of the province, with suggestions for reform, etc.; Guayana, 28 Jan. 1812. f. 1.

2. Notes of the preceding letter and other documents relating to Guayana; 28 Jan. 1812-18 Dec. 1816. f. 26.

3. Précis of a collection of reports, etc., from José de Chastre and various Spanish officials respecting the condition of Guayana; 27 Nov. 1810-6 July, 1814. f. 27.

4. José de Chastre, Provisional Governor of Guayana, [to the British Admiral and others], respecting the rebellion of Venezuela, the interriiption of trade on the R. Orinoco, etc.; Guayana, 22 May, 1812. f. 354.

5. Note by José de Olazarra, Commissioner of Guayana, of the instructions given to him by the Governor, José de Chastre, for the advancement of the condition of the mission villages of Guayana, etc.; Cadiz, 27 Nov. 1812. f. 57.

6. The same to --, respecting the progress of the settling of the lower Orinoco and the eastern parts of Guayana, etc. Cadiz, I Doe. 1812. With minutes of further correspondence on the subject, to 6 Mar. 1813. ff. 68-74.

7. Order of the Secretary of State to José Olazarra to transmit papers appertaining to the Description of the Province of Guayana made by Miguel Marmion, etc.; Cadiz, 25 Feb. 1813. f. 75.

8. " Expediente " respecting the instructions given to José Olazarra, as commissioner for the Provisional Commandant of Guayana; 18 May, 1813. f. 78.

9 Josef de Olazarra to the king, reporting, as commissioner of the Bishop Elect of Guayana, on the decadence of the cathedral, bishopric and capital of the forr provinces; Cadiz, 27 Nov. 1812. Referred in a letter (f. 93) to the Secretary " del Despacho de Gracia y Justicia," 13 Sept. 1813. f. 94.

10. [The Secretary of State] to the Governor of Guayana, sending the royal orders with regard to reports of the previous Governor José Chastre on the decayed condition of the province, 28 Jan. 1812, 29 May, 1811 ; Madrid, 6 July, 1814. f. 106.

11. [Nicholas] Narciso [Coll y Prat], Archbishop of Caracas, to the Secretary of State, on the urgent need of reform of the Andalucian Capuchin missions of Caracas and Venezuela, with enclosures in support of his allegations against them; Caracas, 29 Dec. 1815. ff. 110-174.

12. A collection of " consultas," letters and other documents relating to proposals by Josef de Olazarra and José de Heres for the improvement of the condition of Guayana, etc.; 15 Oct. 1814-18 Dec. 1816. ff. 175-193.

13. Salvador de Moxa, Captain General of Venezuela, to tho Minister of State, on the loss of Guayana after a siege of seven months, and the circumstances which led to it; Puerto Rico, 24 Aug. 1817. With enclosures. ff. 194-223.

14. " Memoria de los Acontecimientos de Guayana en 1817 letter of Salvador de Moxo to the Secretary of State forwarding the said " memoria " ; Puerto Rico, 10 Nov. 1817. f. 224.

15. José Pizarro to the Secretary " del Despacho de Gracia y Justicia," enclosing (f. 228 b) a letter of Lorenzo Fitzgerald, Governor of Guayana, dated Caracas, 28 Jan. 1818, giving an account of the sufferings of the missionaries of the Caroni and of José Bentura y Cabello, Bishop Elect of Guayana, in the last invasion by the insurgents; Palacio, 3 May, 1818. f. 228. Followed (f. 230) by a letter of the Secretary to the President of the Council of the Indies, forwarding Fitzgerald's letter, 30 Apr. 1818, etc.

16. The Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Indies to the Conde de Ofalia, asking for a copy of the commercial treaty

between Great Britain and Spain, in regard to the Spanish American Colonies, of 5 July, 1814; Madrid, 10 May, 1824. f. 234. With the reply, 2 June, forwarding a copy of the treaty (f. 236), including the " Secret " and " Separate " articles and the three ',Additional Articles" of 28 Aug. 1814. ff. 234-241.

includes:

• ff. 1, 26, 27, 54 José de Chastre: Letters, etc., as governor of Guiana: 1812-1816.: Span.
• ff. 1-193 passim Guiana, South America: Papers relating to the critical condition of, etc.: 1784-1816.: Span.
• ff. 54-56, 228-233 Caracas, Venezuela: Papers on the rebellion in the provinces of: 1810-1818.: Span.
• ff. 57, 68, 75, 78, 94 José de Olazarra: Letters, etc., of as commissioner of Guiana: 1812-1813.: Span.
• ff. 57-67, 110-174, 228 b Orders Religious. Capuchins: Documents relating to the Capuchin missions in Trinidad and Guiana: 1686-1818.: Span.
• ff. 68-74 Guiana, South America: Papers relating to settling the eastern part: 1779-1813.: Span.
• ff. 110-174 Nicholas Narciso Coll y Prat, Archbishop of Caracas: Letter on reform of the missions: 1815.: Span.
• ff. 194-227 Salvador de Moxa: Letters, as captain general of Venezuela: 1817.: Span.
• ff. 194-227 Guiana, South America: Dispatches on the lots of: 1817.: Span.
• ff. 234-241 Ferdinand VII of Spain: Correspondence relating to the commercial treaty with England in 1814 conc. the American colonies: 1824.: Span.
• ff. 234-241 George IV of England: Correspondence relating to the commercial treaty with Spain in 1814, concerning the American colonies: 1824.: Span.