[CUBA] Don PEDRO C. BOMBALIER - ALS, 1816, 2 full pages, approx. 6 x 8-1/2". To Dr. William Frost, sixth son of Brigadier General Frost, practiced at Demarara, Cuba and was a naval Surgeon; he died in Cuba in 1823. In Spanish - not translated. The following is from The New York Times, Havana, 1861. Don Pedro C. Bombalier, the former proprietor and founder of the Express between the United States and this city [Havana, Cuba] has been honored by the Queen of Spain with the Cross of the Order of CHARLES V., with which he was recently "condecorated" at the "Chapel of the Palace," His Excellency the Captain-General appearing as Grand Master of the Order, the Cadre PEREIRA as Priest, and Don JOAQUIN LUQUE Y ROMERO as the Master of Ceremonies. The Conde de Canangoo was Padrino (godfather) to the neophyte, and there were also present Hon Manuel Gonzalez del Valle, Don Miguel Suarez Vigil, Don Antonio Garcia Riorzo, Don Jose Alonzo y Delgado, Don Jose I de Arazorza, Don Jose Segundo, and Don Jose Chinchilla."

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