No. I.

TRANSPORTATION OP TUP REMAINS OP COLUMBUSPROM ST. DOMINGO TO THE HAVANNA.

At the termination of a war between France andSpain, in 1795, all the Spanish possessions in theisland of Hispaniola were ceded to the Frenchcrown by the ninth article of the treaty of peace.To assist in the accomplishment of this cession, aSpanish squadron was despatched to the island atthe appointed time, commanded by Don Gabrielde Aristizabal, lieutenant-general of the royalarmada. On the 11th December, 1795, thatcommander wrote to the field-marshal and go-vernor, Don Joaquin Garcia, resident at St. Do-mingo, that, being informed that the remains ofthe celebrated admiral Don Christopher Columbuslay in the cathedral of that city, he felt it incum-bent on him, as a Spaniard, and as commander inchief of his majesty’s squadron of operations, tosolicit the removal of the mortal remains of that

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