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Subcontracted situadors delivered SA's situado in wine and rum, amid much fraud
Source: The King?s Coffer #83
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Governor Salazar Vallecilla awarded the mission of situado collection to four vecinos of Vera Cruz. Instead of sending clothing, they filled the presidio with wine and rum, and the frauds they committed were spectacular even for Florida. The crown ordered the auditor to proceed against the Vera Cruz villains and everyone with whom they had had dealings. Santa Cruz’s investigation took him to St. Augustine, 15 years after he had been appointed its auditor, and there he saw for himself the state of treasury records. [Note 51: Pedro Beltran de Santa Cruz, Havana, 11/28/1645, with marginal comment by the fiscal of the Council 3/3/1646 and 11/20/1655]
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