Juan Of Havana

Lower Canada, declarations of aliens : H-1154:

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10 October 1804

Juan Enepouneseno Moulis, age...natif de la Havanne...education, arrive en Canada...

Havanna During The Yellow Fever Months

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"Formerly an old Church, but because used by the English in 1762 as a place of worship was considered desecrated, and abandoned."

He [General John Maunsell]  had earned his promotion, and in the next year, 1761, was commissioned major in the distinguished Sixtieth, or Royal Americans, in which Moncton, Wolfe's second in command (wounded in the battle at Quebec), was colonel. Under that gallant and generous commander he served at the siege of Martinique in 1761-62. He was in the trenches before Havana during the yellow fever months of 1762, and led the Thirty-fifth regiment into the breach of the Moro Castle, August 14, and carried it by storm. This seems to have ended his active military career in the field, as it ended for a time the wars of Great Britain in the west.

In recognition of his gallant achievement, he was gazetted lieutenant-colonel of the Eighty-third regiment, October 31, 1762. This regiment was disbanded in 1763, and he was transferred to the Twenty-seventh Foot (Inniskillings). Source: The magazine of American history with notes and queries

"Ample historical evidence which is elsewhere detailed was secured proving that the first well authenticated epidemic alleged to have been imported from Vera Cruz occurred in 1761." [Source]

Collin McDonald - Canada To Cleveland To Cuba

From the History Of Leeds And Grenville...:

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A biography of Charles McDonald (third son of John McDonald and Amelia Cameron) can be found here.

Heard Of The Confederates' Downfall In Cuba

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Information About Loyalists In Florida

Card Descriptions of items in the University Of Florida [Micro]Film:

Date Reel # July 18, 1785 89   79 49

Vizente Manuel de Zespedes to Thomas Brown

2p. Embarkation of Loyalists.

Another Link About Embarkation here

Date Reel # March 3, 1785 16 doc 49-doc-pages 136 7 St. Augustine)
Col. Thomas Brown to Conde de Galvez (translated copy)
Request permission to visit Havana and meet Galvez prior to Brown's return to England.

Date Reel # July 10, 1785 89 6 49
Thomas Brown to Manuel Zespedes
4p. His arrival at St. Mary's; expression of friendship.


Date Reel # August 3, 1787 8 - 2 Florida
Vicente Manuel de Zespedes to Josef Espeleta (draft)
Memo enclosing letter and passport issued by Diego de Gardoqui and passport issued by Governor of Trinidad for one Thomas Brown, Englishman, to go to Cuba.

Another card including Thomas Brown: Thomas Brown, Hillsborough Inlet; Carlos Brown

Calculated To Win Favor

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From The Mississippi Valley historical review...:

The appeal for assistance in a letter of May, 1776, from General Charles Lee who spoke for the Virginia committee of safety was, therefore, not unwelcome to Unzaga, the governor of Louisiana.

The articles which it was hoped would be supplied by Spain were guns, blankets, and medicinal drugs, especially quinine.

The arguments presented were well calculated also to win favor from King Charles III and his advisers for the cause of America.  Should Great Britain succeed in subjugating the colonies, Lee wrote, her army and navy would be free at any moment to take possession of Mexico and Cuba. With America independent, Spanish possessions, it was maintained, need not fear attack.

Great Britain reunited to America would be more dangerous to Spain than one of the two if they remained separated. 

Gunpowder From New Orleans

Fortress In Louisiana

A plan to secure gunpowder from New Orleans was conceived by Captain George Gibson of the Virginia line. Bearer of the letter from General Lee, Captain Gibson accompanied by Lieutenant William Linn and fifteen other men in the guise of traders set out from Fort Pitt July 19, 1776.

Arriving at New Orleans, their letter was entrusted to Oliver Pollock, who, acting as the agent of Virginia, succeeded in concealing their identity from the numerous British spies. To no other man could this mission have been entrusted with greater promise of success. As a trader in Havana for five years, he had become proficient in the use of Spanish and won the friendship of the leading officials, among them Don Alexander O'Reilly, governor general of Cuba. [Source]

Tombstone Tuesday - Lt. John J. Bernard - Killed In Action In Cuba

Lieutenant John J. Bernard, buried in the National Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee:

Lieutenant John J. Bernard
4 Infantry U. S. Army
Born April 1, 1872
Killed In Battle At El Caney, Cuba
July 1, 1898
Son of
General R. F. Bernard, U. S. Army

1880 TN Census

Alice V. BERNARD Self M W 31 DC Keeping House GER DC
Harry E. BERNARD Son S W 12 PA TN DC
Kattie M. BERNARD Dau S W 10 AZ TN DC
John J. BERNARD Son S W 8 CA TN DC
Mary A. BERNARD Dau S W 5 CA TN DC
George R. BERNARD Son S W 4 CA TN DC
Madrill PRAJIDES Other S W 22 NM Housekeeper MEX MEX
Lizzie TITTLE Other S W 34 TN Servant TN TN
Source Information: Census Place Jonesboro, Washington, Tennessee

Probate In Ohio For Merchant Who Died In Cuba

Another entry with one of those little surprises -- a probate file in Jefferson Co., OH (Steubenville area) with a connection to Ireland and to Havana, Cuba.

Will Abstracts for Will Book One, 1798-1821, Jefferson County, Northwest Territory and State of Ohio, Abstracted by Mary E. DiThomas

Page 11
Will of James Jackson
Written in Havana, Cuba
9 July 1801
Resident of Havana; merchant of Charlestown, Virginia*; native of Ireland; son of William & Agnis Jackson alias Petter; merchant of flour, sugar
Names Augustus de la Texera to dispose of goods
Proceeds to go to John Jackson, Richard Speers of Jefferson Co., Ohio, brother, John Jackson, nephew John Jackson
Witnesses: James Jackson, George Atkinson, W. A. Walker, William Dodge
Date of Probate: 24 May 1802

An additional abstract of the will above can be found here - and as with abstracts there are small details that differ between versions. The second version mentions that the brother, John Jackson, is a resident of Jefferson Co., Ohio and Richard Speers is listed as Richard Reese. A public interpreter, Bartholomew Croford, is also mentioned.

There were several entries for John Jackson in the Ohio Tax Records 1816-1838 here. There were also references to a John Jackson in this Jefferson Co., Ohio, source.

*Now Wellsburg, West VA?