Espagne, 1706-1708 341 
Mar. 10. Route Spanish galleons should follow 
from Havana to Vera Cruz in order to avoid enemies (ff . 
198-200) . 
165 (1706-1707. July-Jan. 9) Supplement 
[n.d.]. President of Panama, extract of decree 
concerning English distribution of papers and manifestos 
at Portobello; governor of Jamaica sends news that England 
has been secretly informed of Spanish plans to surprise 
Portobello, Carthagena, and Havana, and has distributed in 
Indies written exhortations to people to recognize king 
of England as their sovereign; promises of aid and rein- 
forcements; these manifestos burned when found (ff. 409-412), 
173 (1707. June 3-0ct. 12) 
Amelot 
From Pontchartrain 
July 17. Torres named governor of Havana after 
having purchased governorship of Florida (ff . 83-87) . 
Aug. 21. Navigation in Gulf of Mexico (ff . 187- 
189, 190-192) . 
To Pontchartrain 
Aug. 24. Memoir on steps to be taken as result 
of Spanish reply to article 14 of French proposal concerning 
trade and commerce in Indies; vessel should be sent to 
Florida (bound in reverse order, ff. 236-229). 
[See MVC, Aug. 21, 1707.] 
174 (1707-1708. Oct. 5-Jan. 7) Supplement 
[n.d.]. Almagro y Toledo, memoir on Peru; 
government; trade; attachment of Peruvians for Spain; in- 
habitants of Portobello more attached to Dutch and English 
because of trading interests (ff. 232-233). 
[n.d. or s.]. Memoir on commerce of Spanish 
America; change necessary in Spanish trading regulations; 
treaty of commerce (ff . 241-248) . 
179 (1708. Mar. 4-May 21) 
Louis XIV 
From Amelot 
Mar. 31. Trade of Indies according to Mesnager; 
conduct of French merchants in Mexico and Peru; commercial 
disorder there (ff. 187-191); enclosing: Mesnager, memoir 
on trade of Indies, Mar. 19 (f. 172) [see also f. 265]. 
From duke of Alburquerque 
Apr. 12, on condition of Mexico and departure 
of fleet with Ducasse (ff. 276-281). 
