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1756 · WRCAM36504 — Madrid 1756. 2pp. plus integral leaf. Folio. Dbd. Maltese cross printed at head of title. Contemporary manuscript annotations in ink later annotation on first page in pencil. Accomplished in manuscript at Buen Retiro Spain on Feb. 7 1756 signed by Joachim Joseph Vazquez y Morales with additional manuscript annotations. Brief inscription on integral leaf see below. Extremely light dampstaining in margins. A very good copy. A rare proclamation by Ferdinand VI King of Spain demanding that in the Spanish Indies the appeals of lawsuits pertaining to the Royal Exchequer be diligently observed and that the results of these court proceedings with economic ramifications be transmitted to the Crown. This particular decree regarding legal decisions related to the business of the Real Hacienda was issued following a case before the Real Audiencia of the Island of Española which concerned prizes that some Spanish Corsairs from that island had obtained. This proclamation was to be sent to the Viceroys of New Spain Peru and New Granada as well as officials of the Royal Exchequer and judges in those provinces. This copy accomplished in manuscript in Buen Retiro on Feb. 7 1756 is signed by Joachim Joseph Vazquez y Morales as representative of the King of Spain with the inscription "Yo El Rey" and the annotation "Por mandado del Rey." A brief manuscript note on the integral leaf was endorsed on April 15 1758 in Buenos Aires . <br> <br> A rare proclamation concerning Spanish legal proceedings in the New World. Not in Medina BHA nor on OCLC. unknown books