ENRIQUEZ (Juan Antonio).
Don Juan Antonio Enriquez, del Consejo de su Magestad, su Secretario, Comisario Real de Guerra de Marina, y Ministro Principal de ella de la Provincia de Sevilla, Juez Privativo de la Conservacion de Montes, y Plantíos en los Pueblos de su comprehension,
PROHIBITION OF EXPORT OF TOBACCO TO AMERICA
Original manuscript proclamation (in Spanish) issued and signed by the Minister of Marine at Seville, announcing the prohibition of the export of Tobacco to any American port, etc.
Translation: “Don Juan Antonio Enriquez, of His Majesty’s Council, Commissary of Marine and Principal Minister of the same in the Province of Seville, Judge of the Court administering the Mountains and Plantations in the district, etc.
“I hereby notify the Trade of this City that by means of a secret communication from the Ministry of the Indies, the following Royal pronouncements have been conveyed to me for publication. - Due, dated 7th March, in which His Majesty prohibits absolutely the export of tobacco in the vessels leaving this port for any port whatsoever in America…”
OCLC finds other manuscript proclamations on the same printed blank form at Univ. de Sevilla and Bib. Nat. Espana only.
