920 Memoires et Documents 
letter dealing with South America (ff . 179-185) ; enclosing: 
essay by Guillemin, dated 1823, on colonial affairs; deals 
particularly with Spanish America; Florida; New Mexico; 
Spaniards at Rio del Norte, rest of country occupied by 
Indians; this area constitutes seat of Mexican republic 
(ff . 186-195) . 
36 (1824-1830) [Spanish Colonies] 
1826, Jan. 2. James Brown to Damas, referring to 
interview of July, 1825, in which he stated that U.S. 
could not consent to occupation of Cuba and Puerto Rico 
by any other power than Spain (f . 114) ; enclosing: undated 
note respecting same subject, and agreement of Britain 
with U.S. (f . 115) . 
Jan. 23. Granville to Damas, agreement of his 
court with U.S. on matter of Cuba (ff. 116-117). 
Mar. 17. Congress at Panama, U.S. House of 
Representatives, Executive Document 129, 19th Congress, 
1st Session; two manuscript notes, pp. 78, 85, refer to 
opposition to Poinsett's pledge to South American states, 
and to inconvenience of publishing diplomatic correspondence 
(ff . 118-164) . 
1828, June 2. Instructions to Bresson, charged with 
special mission to Colombia; U.S. policy of spreading 
republican propaganda in South America; refers to Monroe's 
message of 1825 [ s_ic] , and says that then, as now, no 
European power thought of attempts on America; Congress 
of Panama; Poinsett's intrigues in Mexico (ff. 204-253). 
1830, Aug. Varaigne, memoir on reasons for prompt 
French recognition of South American states; U.S. motives 
for recognition; U.S. influence in South America; Poin- 
sett's intrigues in Texas; accord between U.S. and Britain; 
South American distrust of U.S. (ff. 308-316). 
37 (1808-1819) [Spanish Colonies] 
[The first part of this volume contains the results 
of investigations by French consuls in Spanish America, 
1808-1819. This is a large mass of information concerning 
the governments, population, commerce, and agriculture of 
the various provinces. Tables of commerce do not show 
trade with the United States in separate categories, nor 
is there anything specifically about Texas, Florida, Cali- 
fornia, or New Mexico. Part of this material is in 
Spanish. ] 
1812. Table of Havana trade for this year; shows 
commerce with North America (ff. 306-307). 
1818, Dec. 25. Extract from Morning Chronicle , con- 
taining copy of Graham's report on republics of La Plata 
(ff . 220-258) . 
1818. List of American statistics, containing copy 
of Bland's report on Chile (ff. 325-327). 
38 (1795-1823) [Colombia] 
1822, Feb. 7. Pedro Gual to General Soublite; con- 
cerning appointment of Robert Lowry as U.S. consul at La 
