Source: The King?s Coffer (ID83)
Author: Bushnell, Amy (ID32)
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1728-01-01 - 1728-12-31
SA officers got extra perks
An officer was entitled to these [soldier] privileges and more. Not only might his slaves and servants bring in extra plazas, but he was in a position to sell noncommissioned offices, and excuses and leaves from guard duty. [Note 47: Anon. 11/20/1655, Juan Ruiz Maroto 11/28/1655, and Gregorio Bravo 12/5/1655; cedula to Salvador de Cigarroa 10/24/1680] It was possible for him to draw supplies from the royal storehouses almost indefinitely. AN336 With his higher salary he had readier cash and could order goods on the supply ship, purchase property at auction, or buy up quantities of maize for speculation. [Note 48: Bartolome de Arguelles, instructions to the steward 5/12/1591; Salvador de Cigarroa, Madrid 6/25/1659; anon 11/20/1655; Juan Menendez Marquez 9/20/1602; Salvador de Cigarroa and Francisco de la Rocha 2/18/1680.]
(Bushnell KC)
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maybe this is why SA was always broke! Maybe Marquez should say that, or maybe it should wait until
Date Created: 2024-04-22 19:36:28
Source: Amy Notes (ID 702)
Author: Howard, Amy (ID 633)
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maybe this is why SA was always broke! Maybe Marquez should say that, or maybe it should wait until the reader is thoroughly sympathetic with the poor Floridians, only to find out that there was a reason for it right in the lap of the whiners, as usual today.