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Don Miguel de Siderio Eslava

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Don Miguel de Siderio Eslava

Birth
Doneztebe, Provincia de Navarra, Navarra, Spain
Death
17 Sep 1823 (aged 83)
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Spanish Offical. Manager of the mint in Mexico City, at Fort Rosalie. He was Commissary for the King of Spain from 1782-1784. From 1784 in Mobile and throughout Spanish rule in his area, he was Commissary and Notary, Collector of Customs, and Treasurer of Spanish Louisiana. He was also Superintendant of a small Spanish hospital in Mobile. Mobile's first elected treasurer in 1814, Eslava was also a large land owner in Mobile.
Spanish Offical. Manager of the mint in Mexico City, at Fort Rosalie. He was Commissary for the King of Spain from 1782-1784. From 1784 in Mobile and throughout Spanish rule in his area, he was Commissary and Notary, Collector of Customs, and Treasurer of Spanish Louisiana. He was also Superintendant of a small Spanish hospital in Mobile. Mobile's first elected treasurer in 1814, Eslava was also a large land owner in Mobile.


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