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Moral arrested a Cuban commander on assignment in SA
Source: The Governorship of Spanish Florida #122
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In 1736 Morals position grew weaker, when, in his desperation to stay in power he made arbitrary arrests of key citizens who opposed his regime in Florida. The governor first seized Felipe de Iturrieta, commander of a Cuban infantry company on detached service in Florida. According to Moral, the Cuban officer had willfully disregarded his orders and urged all Cuban soldiers to ignore the governor’s commands that they take their turn at guard duty alongside the Florida regulars. [Note: Testimonio de los autos que don Francisco del Moral formo contra el capitan de granaderos AN376, Don Phelipe Iturrieta: ano de 1737. Carta del capitan de granaderos don Phelipe de Iturrieta al gov of Cuba 8/28/1736] (Tepaske GSF)
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