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Minutes of a Bull or Bill of Supplication to be presented to the Holy See asking for concession of graces and powers for Catholic residents in Florida--Minorcan families brought priest and monk with them--Wish new privileges and graces granted--In regard to a Cedula from his Majesty, which instructs as to duties on wine--Priests and Monks of Tasco use Municipal monies for their own interests--Advises a change in the office of Treasurer of the Royal Chest--Vessels carry important papers for his Majesty lost--Favors shown to Don Francisco gratifies the people--Letter from Pedro Ibarra to his Majesty says there is not sufficient support for the Garrison--Solicits aid for a poor widow--Soldiers find amber in a fish, for which Menendez exacts a duty--French and English pirates cause much anxiety--A few captured, some imprisoned and ten hanged--Visiting Indian chiefs so impressed with the religious services and processions that they ask for friars to instruct their people--Asks for assistance in building a fort at the mouth of Miguel Moro--Endeavors to find the source of river San Mateo and Lake Miami--A garrison of warlike people--Proposition to establish a Manager of the Inquisition to subjugate and control them--Does not wish to let certain priest and captain--Report of Juan Menendez Marquez--Deplores the decision to reduce the garrison--Advises a return to the policy of Pedro Menendez, his cousin--Desires permission to come to Spain to more fully lay the condition before his Majesty.