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Palacios, Cipriano (fl. 1850-1860) [Passport] [in Spanish]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.064 Author/Creator: Palacios, Cipriano (fl. 1850-1860) Place Written: Nassau, Bahama Islands Type: Document signed Date: 2 November 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Passport, in Spanish, granted to Edward R. Archer for travel without hindrance from Nassau to Havana aboard "la Goleta Lola." Green Spanish stamp on verso with docket. Palacios was Mexican consul in the Bahamas. Written from the Port of Nassau, in the Bahamas.

Palacios, Cipriano, fl. 1863
Archer, Edward Richard, 1834-1918

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