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| North America:Committes of correspondence are orgainzed in the British colonies to attack actions of Parliament. Fiction by John Trumbull. | |||||||||||
| Europe: Diderots Encyclopedie in final volume; painting by Zoffany; music by Haydn, Mozart. British courts rule that slaves are free as soon as they set foot on British soil. James cook sets sail again. Rubber is named by Joseph Priestley; nitrogen distinguished from carbon dioxide. Breeding of sheep and cattle now common in England. | |||||||||||
January 1772
Spanish Officials: Alcaldes Ordinarios Primer -Hipolito Amelot Segundo - Francisco de Villier. Sindico Procurador General Juan Bautista Lacosta Mayordomo de Proprios Juan Duforeste. January, 1772; Merchants in New Orleans are allowed to sell goods to blacks when a petition by sindico procurador general Luis Ranson gains unanimous agreement by the Cabildo. Merchants can open their stores to blacks after noon on Sundays and Holy days, when blacks normally did not work. |
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June 1772
June 4, 1772; The post of regidore sencillo is sold at an auction to Nicolas Forstall who holds the post until the transfer to the U. S. in 1803. He will hold several other offices in the colony and is frequently absent from the Cabildo meetings after November 1778. The crown permits him to name a temporary replacement |
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December 1772
December, 1772; The Cabildo acquires its first set of scales and measures and orders others to be manufactured locally. |
| A flour shortage is expected in 1772 because of the arrival of more Spanish soldiers. The Cabildo and governor Unzaga take measures to control the market. Because few small coins circulate in Louisiana the price of bread and other basic commodities is changed by raising or lowering the volume of the product. | After being under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Havana until now the Catholic Church sends Vicar General Cirilo de Barcelona and several Spanish Capuchin priests to New Orleans. He later becomes the Auxiliary Bishop of Louisiana and West Florida. De Barcelona notes concubinage among French Capuchin priests. | In 1772 the Cabildo spends over 500 pesos to dump 4,837 cartloads of dirt on the levee facing the city. | Although there are many private schools and tutors in the city 1772 is the first year that a public school operates in New Orleans. It is directed by Andres Lopez de Armesto. Although the Spanish government opened it to establish use of the Spanish language, many classes were in French. Its enrollment never exceeds 150. Armesto later leaves the school and finds his destiny in political offices and commercial ventures. |
Stephen Henderson |
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