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The King ordered Benavides to visit the gov. of Carolina to agree on boundaries
Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558
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In consequence of this report [of an English fort south of Charleston], Don Antonio Benavides received orders from the Catholic King issued on the 25th of March, 1721, at Aranjuez, on the 10th of June, 1724, at Buen Retiro, and on the 18th of August of the same year,* [Arredondo note * They are in the archives of San Agustin and of the government of Havana.] all in regard to these matters, and commanding him to go personally to see the governor of Carolina, so that together they might arrange and agree upon the boundaries appertaining to each Power. 61. [Bolton note: This correspondence is printed in Serrano y Sanz, Docvfmentos Histdricos de la Florida y la Luisiana, Sighs XVI al XVIII (pp. 243-264).]
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