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Letter from the King to the Bishop of Cuba concerning the petition soliciting an extension of time and of the privileges for the Priest and Vicar of the Minorcan families in Florida, and enclosing an open mandate of His Holiness, enlarging and extending the time for twenty years--A copy of a letter and statement sent in by Lieutenant Don Nicolas Grenier in regard to the importance of the Provinces of the St. Marys and St. Johns rivers--The need of vessels to impress and control the inhabitants--Provinces rich in timber, turpentine, tar and pitch--Considers it detrimental to Spanish interests for Americans to introduce any commerce in the Provinces--Letter from the same Don Nicolas Grenier to the Governor urging the necessity of further protecting Spanish interests along the St. Marys and St. Johns rivers--Tranquility of the country jeopardized by outlaws--Some have been arrested and paid the penalty with their lives--Matter referred to the Governor--1774.

The Unwritten History

_of_ Old St. Augustine