Espagne, 1703 337 
To Cardinal d'Estrees 
[n.d.]. Not yet time to ask indemnity of Spain 
for escort furnished her fleet to Indies (ff . 102-108) . 
117 (1703. Aug. 6-0ct. 26) 
[n.d.]. Abbe Vidal, memoir submitted to Louis 
XIV, on prevailing disorders in Spanish American colonies; 
visit to Peru; governmental avarice cause of bad condition 
of ports; insufficient pay cause of troop desertions; poor 
quality of troops; thefts of gold and silver production 
(ff . 137-144) . 
119 (1705, Jan. -Sent. 7) Supplement 
[n.d.]. Orry, account of Peruvian and Mexican 
revenues of Spain (ff . 93-101) . 
[n.d.]. Orry, account of abuses in revenue 
collection in Peru and Mexico (ff. 102-110). 
122 (1703. Feb. -Apr. 17) Supplement 
[n.d.]. Memoir of French merchants concerning 
duties levied by Spain; request that Louis XTV refuse 
proposed loan to Spain, which was to have been repaid from 
Mexican and Peruvian revenues (ff. 468-477). 
126-135 (1702-1703) 
These ten volumes consist of integrated Spanish mem- 
oirs by Don Juan Francisco de Seixas y Lovera and others 
on the general history of New Spain from its origins up 
to and including the reign of Louis XIV, with special at- 
tention given to Franco-Spanish colonial relations. The 
work is divided into seven "books" and two volumes of ap- 
pendices. The table of contents is in vol. 94, ante . 
f. 410. Only two of the ten volume's of the correspondance 
politique occupied by these memoirs contain material con- 
cerning North America (vols. 131, 134). The others are 
of interest for Latin America only. There follows a brief 
description of the volumes relative to North America. 
151 Book V 
English settlement in America from north; colonization 
of New Mexico (f . 28) . 
"Discurso Tercero," French and Spanish settlements on 
Gulf of Mexico (Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico) ; English 
colonies; valuable detailed information (ff. 31-41). 
"Discurso Undecimo," valuable historical and geo- 
graphical information on Louisiana, Indians, and English 
colonies (ff. 104-113). 
154 Annexed Memoirs 
1704, Dec. 22. Seixas y Lovera to Louis XIV, memoir 
on all French colonies outside Europe (ff . 175-251) : 
"Discurso primero," general treatise on government of 
French colonies, including Canada (ff. 178-184); 
