Beginning with the voyages of Christopher Columbus in the 1490s, the Spanish Empire expanded its territory, near and far. The Spanish Empire included the conquest of the Caribbean Islands, a good portion of South America, most of Central America and much of North America.
After the French and Indian War between 1754-1763 and the Treaty of Paris was signed between the British and the French, the Spanish Empire claimed entitlement to the French colony known as Louisiana. The French had controlled this area from 1682–1762 and 1800-1803. Explorer Rene – Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle of France honored King Louis XIV by naming this area, Louisiana. The French colony known as Louisiana during that period included the current states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and Idaho. The Spanish Empire then controlled Florida, Texas, California, New Mexico and the French colony of Louisiana. It is during the period of 1761-1821 that the Spanish Empire authorities created a collection of documents known as the Papeles Procedentes de la Isla de Cuba, also known as the Cuban Papers. These documents are geographically from Florida to the Mississippi Valley to Louisiana. These colonial records produced by Spanish authorities document settlement of immigrants, censuses, the government administration, passenger lists and lists of the ships and their crew, concerns for the relations between Spain and the United States, supply records, Indian relations, slavery, military affairs, the Louisiana – Texas border, records relating to births, marriages and deaths, affidavits, inventories, deeds, troop rosters, account books, government passes, employment records, legal proceedings and much, much more. Contents are arranged by place of origin, then by correspondent and put in what they call legajos, “files”. They are written in Spanish, French and English. There is a partial index online at: PARES – Portal de Archivos Espanoles One example is: ARCHIVO GENERAL de INDIAS PAPELES de CUBA LEGAJO 1795, January – December 1814 Criminal case example is: (in English) “Criminal Centra El Secretario Anabaptista Nombrado Janah, Acusado de Revoltoso, se Dicioso Centra el Gobierno”
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Penny Alvarez-KellerGraduated from Arkansas Tech University with a degree in Management / Marketing and a degree in Economics / Finance Archives
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