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The Franciscans sent a purchasing agent to Mexico City for supplies, like the garrison's situador
Source: Situado and Sabana #82
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Finally, in 1646, the Crown set a ceiling of 60 missionaries, 43 to be covered by the dotacion and the other 17 by a supplementary subsidy for missionaries: the friars' situado. Two years later the Crown raised the number of friars' plazas to 70, bringing the friars' situado to 27 plazas (Spanish Crown, 1646; 1648b). In 1650 the Franciscans repeated their request that the total amount for their 70 plazas be delivered to their syndic in Mexico City so he could do the purchasing there instead of in Florida, where things were scarce, unsuitable, and expensive. They volunteered to cover the costs of shipment. This time the Consejo de Indias assented, ordering the viceroy to pay the friars' situado at the same time as the soldiers', prorating any partial payments to ensure that the recipients of the two situados were treated equally and making sure that the friars did not collect theirs twice (Ponce de Leon, [1650?]). In 1673, as we have seen, the Franciscans managed to get their 43 longstanding plazas separated from the soldiers' dotacion and added to their own, uniting all the friars under the same situado. They began sending their own collector and purchasing agent to Mexico City, paralleling the situador from the garrison. (Bushnell SS)
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