Transcripts of material found in the Cuban national archives pertaining to Spanish colonial rule in Louisiana and the Floridas. Includes correspondence of the Spanish governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Gálvez, with José de Gálvez, the secretary of the Indies; and Felipe Fonsdeviela, marques de la Torre, and Diego José Navarro García de Valladares, the capitanes-generales at Havana. Also includes an index of correspondence of the capitanes-generales of Cuba; correspondence of traders operating under Spanish protection, in particular William Panton of Panton, Leslie and Company; material concerning commerce, political relations with local Indian tribes, Spain's role in the American revolution, and Spanish relations with the U.S.; and miscellaneous documents, government orders, and land grants.