(Translation)
To the Governor
Don Francisco Roman Sanchez native and inhabitant of
this Province with close respect to your Lordship, says, that on the
South part of the River known by the name of Santafe, about Ten miles
to the westward of the Alachua Road to St. Marys, there is a great
quantity of vacant Land, adapted for cultivation and raising of stock
to which he intends dedicating himself for the purpose of increasing
the same, and as the petitioner has not obtained any concession of Land,
on which he can establish himself as he wishes, with all his family and
slaves, he therefore prays your Lordship will be pleased grant him four
thousand Acres of Land at said place, bounded on the North by said
River Santafe, and on the other sides by Vacant Lands, which quantity
of Land are necessary not only on account of the number of Negroes
he owns, but also for the raising of stock, and many other purposes
useful to a planter __ A favour which he hopes to merit from
the goodness of your Lordship St. Augustine Florida Dec'r 18th 1815
Francis R. Sanchez
St. Augustine December 18th 1815 _ In consideration of the
Urgent necessity there is of fomenting in this Province, by all possible
means the raising black cattle, on account of the great scarcity
thereof, which is already noted, let it be granted to the Petitioner the
four thousand Acres of Land in the place solicited by him, without
injury to a third person, and for his security, let a certified copy of this
Petition and decree be issued to him by the Secretarys office
(Seal) Estrada
I Antonio Alvarez, keeper of the Archives of East Florida
do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct Translation of the
Original in the Spanish Language on file in my Office __
Witness my hand and seal of Office at the City of St. Augustine
Territory of Florida this twenty third day of March A.D. One
thousand eight hundred & thirty Six
Antonio Alvarez
K P A
Recorded this 4th April 1840 by
James McNeill D.C. C.C. Alachua County |
