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Miró, Estéban, 144–46
Mississippi, 5
Mississippi River, 71, 73, 76, 102, 124, 144,
151, 167, 185
Mobile, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151,
204
Mole San Nicolás, 130, 134, 150
Montalvo, Francisco de (military com-
mander), 184, 187
Montalvo, Lorenzo de (Conde de
Macuriges, intendant of the navy), 52,
56, 65, 108–9, 137–38
Montecristi, 136, 182, 183
Montserrat, 69, 70, 72
Morris, Robert (merchant), 96, 129, 143,
147, 151, 152, 205
Moylan, Stephen (merchant), 95, 96, 142
Moylan (Arturo) and Company, 79, 95,
96, 142
Muesas, Miguel de (commander of
ElMorro), 44, 45, 46, 48; as governor
of Puerto Rico, 99, 100, 102, 103, 106
Muro y Salazar, Salvador de (Marqués
de Someruelos, captain general),
191, 194
Navarro, Diego de (captain general), 124,
140, 141, 144, 147, 148, 199–200
Navarro, Martín de (governor of Louisi-
ana), 112, 147
New Granada, 87, 98, 99, 115, 125
New Orleans, 95, 167; hospital in, 19;
resistance in, 73, 90–91, 94; our trade
to, 74, 76, 91, 98, 137; hurricanes in, 124,
137, 144, 147, 149
New Providence (present-day Nassau),
56–57, 205
New Spain, 8, 27, 38, 147, 151. See also
Mexico
New York, 65, 68, 76, 79, 81, 94, 114, 153,
158, 159, 181, 190, 192
Neyba, 178, 179, 184, 186, 188
North America, 19, 21, 53, 60, 121, 130, 156;
our trade, 29, 64, 80–82, 91, 95, 104–5,
107, 114–15, 126–27, 137–38, 140, 151–53,
162, 176–77, 181, 186, 189–92, 194–95;
trade with, 56, 65, 76, 135, 142, 200. See
also United States
North Carolina, 21, 101, 141
O’Reilly, Alejandro (eld marshal), 61, 63,
67, 90, 91, 94, 141
Oriente, 28, 37, 42, 52, 67, 71, 78; shortages
in, 32, 45–46, 80, 106; hurricanes in, 45,
55, 70, 84, 115, 116, 119; fever in, 46–47,
70, 117–18; drought in, 68; smallpox in,
119–21
Ortíz de Landázuri, Tomás (royal ad-
viser), 104–5, 128, 138
Pennsylvania, 29, 56. See also Philadelphia
Pensacola, 81, 130, 143, 144, 149, 150–51, 205
Philadelphia, 76, 77, 94, 100, 131, 134, 139,
152, 153, 155, 158, 159, 177, 181; our trade
with, 53, 56–58, 78–79, 95, 96, 101, 103,
106, 107, 114, 132, 137, 143, 147, 189–90,
192, 197; drought in, 139, 142; Conti-
nental Congress in, 126–28; Miralles in,
139–43
Pinar del Río, 82, 144, 150, 163, 191–92, 206
Piracy, 25, 181, 186
Pollock, Oliver (factor), 137, 152
Popular resistance, 73, 111–12, 169–70,
174–75, 187–89
Port au Prince, 134, 135
Portugal, 117, 123
Pover, Joaquín (Asiento factor), 95, 100,
102, 103
Prado y Portocarreo, Juan de (captain gen-
eral), 42, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 58, 199
Puentes Grandes. See Cojímar River
Puerto Príncipe (Camagüey), 35, 38, 39,
47, 52, 71, 97, 132, 133, 149, 150; drought
in, 25, 26, 28–29, 33–34, 124, 147–48;
hurricanes in, 101, 149, 150
Puerto Rico, 3, 7, 44, 77, 95, 100, 131, 134,
176, 182; hurricanes in, 61, 70, 101–3;
slave trade to, 64, 120; our trade to,
78–79, 95–96, 105, 107, 139; smallpox
in, 120