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Spanish New Orleans This page intentionally left blank ..........................8579$$ HFTL 02-27-0114:30:25 PS  Spanish New Orleans An Imperial City on the American Periphery 1766–1803 JOHN EUGENE RODRIGUEZ Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge Published with the assistance of the V. Ray Cardozier Fund Published by Louisiana State University Press www.lsupress.org Copyright © 2021 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved. Except in the case of brief quotations used in articles or reviews, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any format or by any means without written permission of Louisiana State University Press. Manufactured in the United States of America First printing designer: Mandy McDonald Scallan typeface: Whitman printer and binder: Sheridan Books Inc. Cover illustration: The Family of Dr. Joseph Montegut, by Salazar. Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Rodriguez, John Eugene, author. Title: Spanish New Orleans : an imperial city on the American periphery, 1766–1803 / John Eugene Rodriguez. Description: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020029008 (print) | LCCN 2020029009 (ebook) | ISBN 978-0-8071-7489-0 (cloth) | ISBN 978-0-8071-7500-2 (pdf) | ISBN 978-0-8071-7501-9 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: New Orleans (La.)—History—18th century. | New Orleans (La.)—Politics and government—18th century. | New Orleans (La.)—Economic conditions—18th century. | Spain—Colonies—America—Administration—History—18th century. Classification: LCC F379.N557 R63 2021 (print) | LCC F379.N557 (ebook) | DDC 976.3/3502—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020029008 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020029009 • For my daughter Kelly and my son Alex, that they may keep alive, in some fashion, the legacy of being a Rodriguez, no matter what their last name may be. This page intentionally left blank ..........................8579$$ HFTL 02-27-0114:30:25 PS . . . and the others, tributaries and lesser streams, joined together and equal are those who live by their labor and wealthy men. I forsake the invocations of orators most renowned and famed bards; I leave behind their fictions. . . . —jorge manrique Verses Written on the Death of His Father This page intentionally left blank ..........................8579$$ HFTL 02-27-0114:30:25 PS CONTENTS acknowledgments . . . . xi Introduction . . . . 1 1. A City of Chameleons . . . . 6 2. The Merchants of Spanish New Orleans . . . . 35 3. Trade in Spanish New Orleans . . . . 49 4. Spanish Attempts to Control Trade . . . . 83 5. Literacy in a Spanish Imperial City . . . . 102 6. The Judicial System in Spanish New Orleans . . . . 124 7. Political Discourse and Practices in Spanish New Orleans . . . . 139 Conclusion: The Transition between Two Empires . . . . 165 appendix 1: The Foundational Merchants of Spanish New Orleans . . . . 169 appendix 2: The Foundational Merchants of American New Orleans . . . . 174 appendix 3: Petition from the Merchants of New Orleans, August 1796, to King Charles IV of Spain . . . . 175 appendix 4: Petition from the Free Military Officers of Color, 24 October 1800, to the Cabildo of New Orleans . . . . 178 notes . . . . 181 bibliography . . . . 219 index . . . . 237 ix

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