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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charles Steuart papers Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1762-1789 Description An account of the resource Letters, 1762-1763, between Charles Steuart (1725-1797), merchant in Norfolk, Virginia, and later receiver general of customs for the Eastern-Middle District of North America, and lieutenant governor Francis Fauquier (1703-1768) concerning the unfortunate circumstances of Don Pedro Bermudez and his party, who were attacked by English seamen while in Portsmouth, Virginia. Because of Don Pedro's importance, as second in command of the Spanish Navy at Havana, and the diplomatic negotiations then proceeding between England and Spain, this situation was a sensitive one, and Steuart's diplomatic handling of it is credited with gaining him the position of receiver general. There is also a letter, February 21, 1763, from Don Pedro's son to Steuart, and a narrative of the so-called "Spanish Affair," signed by Steuart and dated August 16, 1789. Born in Scotland, Steuart was sent to Virginia in 1741 as an apprentice to a Scottish tobacco factor. He was a merchant in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia. His diplomatic handling of a riot led to his appointment as Receiver-General of Customs for the eastern central district and Receiver and Paymaster General of the American Board of Customs. Steuart retired to Edinburgh in 1788 where he died in 1797. 20 items. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] November 9th. 1762 Sir I am desired by Don Pedro Bermudez to present his Respects to your Honour & to forward a present of a dozen of Wine which he sent to me with the Inclosed Note; I have packed them up & put them on board the Packet recommended to the particular Care of the Master. He had been very importunate with Mr Loyall for fresh Provisions for his Men, but their victualling ashore began only last Thursday; Capt Longbottom said that he could not issue any particular Species of Provisions for them without giving their whole Allowance, but when they return onboard the Ship he will give a Cer= tificate of the time they shall have been victualled ashore, which I presume will be allowed for by the Government: inclosed is a Copy of their Allowance on board the Ship which is the same as for the Kings Troops, and I intend to victual them here in the Same manner, with the difference only of Butter or Hogs lard in lieu of Oyl & Raisins which cannot be got. The Commandant declines accepting of an Allow= ance for himself & the other two Captains, which reduces [Page 2] reduces the Number supplied here to 117; As provisions of all kinds are dear here & beef in particular will be still higher, I imagine their victualling will cost about seven pence a Man p day; if your Honour shall think two pence more reasonable Allowance for firewood, which will be a troublesome & expensive Article, being much wanted at present, with the hire of Negros carry= ing their provisions & wood to them, for they will do nothing themselves, & for my Trouble, I will take the whole upon myself at that rate, viz nine pence a man p day, which at our present Exchange I ap= prehend must fall short of the Governments Allowance; however I submitt this entirely to your Honour. Don Pedro expects that a sufficient Quantity of good Provisions for his Men for 70 days Allowance, shall be put on board the Transport for their Passage to Cadiz, & objects to those now on board; Capt Longbottom says that on Complaint of this kind he is directed to call a Survey of three Masters of Men of War, but as there are not so many in the Country, he apprehends it will be necessary for his Justification that your Honour grant [Page 3] grant a Warrant for a Survey of his Provisions and after the Report he will have a right to indent with the Agent-Victualler for what shall be deficient, but he thinks the Application to you will come more properly from the Commandant who complains of them than from him - I shall punctually execute what Commands you shall be pleased to honour me with, & am with the utmost Respect, Sir Your Honour's most obdt hble Servt. [Page 4] November 9. 1762 1. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Ink on paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Steuart, Charles, 1725-1797 Title A name given to the resource Charles Steuart letter to Francis Fauquier, 1762 November 9 : manuscript copy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1762-11-09 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MS1955.4.2