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Despachos 1770 , f. 249; 1771 , f. 181; 1772 , f. 46. Grants of facolta for the 
colonies. 
Despachos 1774 . f. 72. Facolta for the administration of the sacrament of 
confirmation in Florida. 
Despachos 1778 . ff. 179, 214. Same. 
Despachos 1779 . fif. 74, 76, 84. This bundle was examined. It bore the num¬ 
ber L. 115 . It contains, in the order given: (a) a letter of May 13, 
1779, from the papal secretary of state to the Spanish ambassador on 
the expedition of a bull creating a new diocese of California, Sonora, 
and Sinaloa in the northern portion of New Spain, with a note of the 
expense of the same; (b) a letter of May 11, 1779, from the Spanish 
ambassador to Floridablanca on the appointment of three custodians 
for the Minor Franciscans of the Pueblo de Anepe, of the city of Chi- 
quagua, and of California; and (c) a letter of May 13, 1779, from the 
Spanish ambassador to Floridablanca, on the receipt of the above- 
mentioned bull. 
Despachos 1779 . ff. 151, 156. On the administration of the sacrament of con¬ 
firmation in Louisiana. 
Despachos 1781 . f. 64. This bundle was examined. It bore the number L. 117 . 
It contains : a letter of Aug. 7, 1781, from Floridablanca to the Spanish 
ambassador, containing news of the fall of Pensacola; and one of Aug. 
30, 1781, from the latter to the former, with congratulations on that 
event. 
Despachos 1781 . No. 12. A translation of a history of California. 
Despachos 1791 . f. 3. Facolta for the administration of the sacrament of con¬ 
firmation in Florida. 
Despachos 1791 . f. 44. Sending of English alumni of the college of Sala¬ 
manca to Louisiana. 
Despachos 1793 . This bundle was examined. It bore the number L. 312 . 
f. 35 contains the following documents on the dismemberment of the 
provinces of Louisiana and Florida from the jurisdiction of the bishop 
of Havana, and the erection of a new bishopric at New Orleans: (a) 
letter of May 1, 1793, from the Spanish ambassador to his secretary of 
state, with note of the charges involved; (b) letter of Apr. 26, 1793, 
from the secretary of the consistory to the Spanish ambassador, on the 
approval of the proposition by the Pope; (c) letter of Mar. 11, 1793, 
from the Spanish ambassador to S. Dr. Joseph Nicolas de Azara; (d) 
“ Instruccion a que debera arreglarse el Ministro de S. M. C. en Corte 
de Roma para impetrar de la Silla Apostolica la Aprobacion Pontificia 
de la nuova ereccion resuelta de Obispado en las Provincias de la 
Luisiana y Florida, segregandolas del de la Havana, a que hasta ahora 
han estato anexas ”. 
ENGLISH DIPLOMATIC ARCHIVES. 
Only for very short periods did England maintain a representative near the 
Holy See, and such archives as may have existed are not at Rome. Business 
between the two governments was conducted through a consul-general, who 
was often forced to exercise diplomatic functions. The records of this office 
can have nothing of interest for the United States, and probably nothing for 
Canada. Access to these records was not obtained, and I am not certain as to 
whether they are at the present embassy to the kingdom of Italy, or at the 
consulate. 
