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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 201684, member: 54&quot;]Interesting.&nbsp; I spent many days looking through literally tons of 18th and early 19th C. Spanish govt documents known as the East Florida Papers in the US library of Congress.&nbsp; Usually the LOC only allows access to microfilms of these documents but since the microfilms I needed one week were already in use they brought out the originals.&nbsp; This collection has all of the letters and other documents from the Spanish governor&#039;s office in St. Augustine as of the cession of East Florida to the US in 1821.&nbsp; Most is in Spanish longhand but some were in English.&nbsp; In that collection was some of the most interesting stuff I&#039;ve ever read.&nbsp; A lot of reports are really down to earth. One was the interview of a dying pirate by a law enforcement official asking the pirate to describe his crimes.&nbsp; The report was in English.&nbsp; The pirate had been shot by citizens after being caught robbing homes.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather read that sort of material than watch most of the movies that come out these days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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