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Cattle tithes in Florida
Source: The Menendez Marquez Cattle Barony at La Chua and the Determinants of Economic Expansion in Seventeenth-Century Florida #163
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Before cattle raising could resume in north-central Florida the essentials must be reestablished. Peace seemed to have returned to the land, where most of the inhabitants had died, but a detachment of soldiers under a deputy governor was stationed at Santa Fe just in case. The transportation network had been re established. Breeding stock was available, with some 800 yearlings being branded every spring on the small estancias east of the St. Johns. [Note: This figure is an estimate from the cattle tithes of 1648-1657, reported by Stos Heras and Domgo Leturiondo, September 13, 1656. Since the tithe was 2.5%, rather than 10% as Arnade supposed, his estimates of herd size may be quadrupled. (Frco Rocha and Frco Cigarroa, July 10, 1685. For the practice of branding, see Governor Zuniga y Cerda, Auto on cattle, November 10, 1702.) (Bushnell MM)
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