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Title: Manuscript document recording City Council meetings in the town of Bayamo discussing the proposed incorporation of this town into the Province of Havana Author: ** Place: Bayamo, Cuba Publisher: Date: 1813 Description: 95 pages. Folio, unbound. Interesting and significant document dating from March through October 1813, being is a record of City Council meetings in the town of Bayamo regarding the proposed incorporation of this town into the Province of Havana. The representatives of Bayamo were fiercely against this idea and the document describes how they wrestled back and forth with officials from Havana. Bayamo is one of the original seven Spanish Cities in Cuba and is located in the southern end of the island approximately 450 miles away from Havana. It was the distance between the two cities that made the idea of incorporation unacceptable to Bayamo officials. Summary and partial translation available on request. Lot Amendments Condition: Darkening to some pages, some bleed-through, very good. Item number: 236027