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| South America & Caribbean:Portuguese and Spanish governments settle border differences in South America and the capital of Brazil moves from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro. | |||||||||||
| North America:Troops under Washington and Benedict Arnold record wins over British, then losses; Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley occupied by British. Articles of Confederation adopted. Washington gains permission to inoculate the Continental army against smallpox, spends winter at Valley Forge. | |||||||||||
| Europe: Painting by Gainsborough; music by Mozart. | |||||||||||
January 1777
Spanish Officials: Alcaldes Ordinarios Primer -Nicolas Forstall Segundo - Francisco de Villiery. Sindico Procurador General Enrique Despres Mayordomo de Proprios Luis Boisdore. January 1, 1777 Through the influence of his uncle Bernardo de Galvez is appointed provisional governor of Louisiana to succeed Gov. Unzaga of Louisiana. He will become proprietary governor in 1779. |
February 1777
Bernardo de Galvez assumes the office of acting governor, beginning his duties on Feb. 1, 1777, when 29 years of age. Don Bernardo’s mission in Louisiana is to promote commerce but fight smuggling, cultivate friendship with the Indians and, most important, watch the English in West Florida. To strengthen his position he will promote immigration and re-organize the military. |
March 1777
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April 1777
April 17 Galvez issues a proclamation permitting the inhabitants of the colony to trade with the United States, and three days later another proclamation gives the liberty to export their products to any port of France. He reduces the duty about one-half and during his administration the trade of the province, which has been previously controlled by the English, is largely diverted into French and American channels. April 1777 The church invites the New Orleans Cabildo to send a representative to a synod in Havana. Regidore Juan Batista Fleurian is chosen. In April 1777 Esteban Henriques Mora, surgeon Santiago Vincente and physician Jean Rouelles receive licenses as a physicians for Louisiana. Professional exams are not given to any of these people. |
May 1777
May 14, 1777 The Spanish king approves Louisiana’s slave tax but orders that the contributions be voluntary, effectively killing any chance of success. He also commands that colonists draft new reglamento for disciplining slaves. The orders are read in the Cabildo on October 10, 1777 and February 13, 1778. The orders lead to harsh new measures that return many of the parts of the French Code Noir agreeable to the planters. |
June 1777
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July 1777
July 7 Commandant Charles de Gran Pre of Pointe Coupee Post writes to Don Bernardo de Galvez that three Attakapas Indian Chiefs with 25 warriors had arrived at his post. He includes a list of the chiefs and their villages and a list of gifts he gives them including hats, shirts, cloth, guns, tomahawk-calumets, cauldrons, 3 lbs of vermillion, butcher knives, mirrors, gunpowder, balls and lead, flints, pewter wire, women's chemise, tafia, salt, pick-axes, tasso, biscuits, peas. July, 1777 Bernardo de Galvez reissues O’Reilly’s tariff on foods while war between England and its North American colonies disrupts shipping. |
August 1777
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October 1777
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| Antoine Boudousquie, The only known printer since Denis Braud left for France in April 1773, produces 10 known publications including the Spanish version of the Code Noir. In 1777 according to Sindico Procurador General Enrique Despres, illness in New Orleans is being caused by spoiled flour. The Cabildo selects two trusted bakers, the city physician and sindico Despres to inspect the flour supply, and orders the owners of bad flour to ship it out of the province. |
After resolving for six years to purchase two fire engines, the Cabildo finds that there have been two in the city all along. They are in a bad state of repair and a blacksmith is hired to repair and maintain them. | Francisco Pascalis de la Barre obtains the post of Alguacil Mayor of the city of New Orleans. He purchases the office and becomes a regidore when the office is renounced by Carlos Fleurian. De la Barre holds the office until the transfer of the territory to the United States in 1803. | The Fixed Louisiana Infantry Battalion becomes a regiment, but additional men are not provided until 1783 | James Mather, Englishman by birth, comes to America in 1777. He was active in Indian trade in West Florida area and was the fourth mayor of New Orleans serving from 1807 until 1812. |
John Mowry |
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