316:. The Uchise wanted to maintain commercial ties with the Spanish, who sought intelligence concerning the British, and they were treated hospitably by the governor of Cuba, Felipe Fons de Viela, Marquès de la Torre, who appointed Eliglo de la Puente to receive them. When disputes arose between the various groups of the Native peoples of Florida, representatives of one or of both factions would try to get passage to Havana aboard any Cuban fishing vessel they encountered on the Gulf coast, to plead their case before Eligio, leaving it to him to determine what was the just course of action. His decision was never questioned, according to historians Mark Boyd and José Navarro Latorre.
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Spanish army as an infantry cadet. On 5 February 1747, he married MarĂa Sánchez, with whom he had at least six children who were born in the town. The family lived between Marine and Charlotte Streets just south of the Plaza de la ConstituciĂłn, according to his own map of the city. De la Puente and his family later became prominent in Cuba. His sons included a military officer, a royal accountant, and a priest.
287:) of Florida, and secured a lasting peace with them. De la Puente was widely known and had gained a favorable reputation among the Indians of Florida. While traveling to Havana in 1762, he and his party were set upon by Uchises at Key West, but he pacified them by simply identifying himself. He ended another confrontation near St. Augustine later that year with a similar response.
251:), and the bishop's house to John Gordon, who was to sell the church estates and remit the profits to de la Puente as agent for the Church. Most of the remaining unsold houses, lots, and lands, amounting to almost 200 estates in and around St. Augustine, including the Tolomato Church and the walls of the unfinished parish church, were conveyed from de la Puente to
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official duties, he drew this plan of the city and its existing structures. It was the first map of St. Augustine that included detailed information about almost 400 properties in the city, including lot sizes, the names of property owners, lot dimensions, and materials used to construct the buildings such as wood, stone, or
117:) and in Havana, Cuba, during the 18th century. He served as chief officer of the Real ContadurĂa for Spanish Florida, and as principal auditor for the Tribunal de Cuentas in Havana, offices that managed the colonial governments' accounts and expenditures. Puente was a member of St. Augustine's 18th century elite
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De la Puente was born in St. Augustine on 1 July 1724, the third of eight children. His parents were
Antonio Nicolás Eligio de la Puente, a native of Havana, Cuba, and Agustina Regidor, whose family had lived in St. Augustine for many years. He began his service to the Spanish crown about 1739, when
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Because of this prestige he was in demand after he emigrated to Havana for the official receiving and interviewing of Indian visitors from
Florida. After the outbreak of the American Revolution, Spain allowed the rebelling British colonies to outfit and repair their vessels and sell their prizes of
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Because the incoming
British soldiers had little money, and civilian settlers hoped to receive outright grants of land from the British Crown, few of them were interested in acquiring Spanish real estate. Under these conditions and with the uncertainty of future sales, de la Puente was eventually
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On 22 January 1764, de la Puente finished his map of the city of St. Augustine, one of the earliest plans to depict the buildings of colonial St. Augustine. After the Treaty of Paris ceded
Florida to England, he served as a land agent selling the real estate of the Spanish evacuees. As one of his
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Jamaica, Florida, and the Thirteen Colonies; Eligio de la Puente, a brother-in-law of Miralles, was dispatched to monitor British movements and investigate the possibility of obtaining the cooperation of the Indians of Florida in case of a Spanish attack on the region.
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De la Puente was appointed as royal agent representing the
Catholic Church, the Spanish Crown, and the private citizens of St. Augustine. He negotiated sales of property to fetch the highest prices possible, and transferred the Friary of St. Francis, the Church of Our Lady of the Milk
141:, and de la Puente had smuggled provisions in from South Carolina to prevent the settlement from starving. The years 1763 and 1764 are the best documented of his life. He held the position of Chief Officer of the Royal Accountantcy (
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De la Puente maintained his contacts among the
Florida Indians throughout the British occupation (1763–1783) of the province. The Uchise were frequent visitors to Cuba during this period. They were usually transported across the
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were allowed by the terms of the Treaty of Paris to sell their property to
English subjects within a period of eighteen months, but few buyers were found, leaving Spanish agents unable to dispose of St. Augustine properties.
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community, and had a role in many events of that period in the history of
Florida. He acquired considerable wealth, became a royal treasury official in Cuba, and influenced Spanish foreign policy in North America.
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Report of the Solicitor of the Treasury: With Documents in Relation to the Claim of the Catholic Church at St. Augustine to Certain Property Held by the United States at that Place
157:. De la Puente's actions as a land agent, however, were only a small part of his distinguished career of thirty years in military and civil service of the Crown.
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Eligio de la Puente died in Havana on 28 August 1781. His remains were interred in the Capilla de la venerable orden tercera de Servita, dressed in the
851:"Spanish Interest in British Florida, and in the Progress of the American Revolution: (I) Relations with the Spanish Faction of the Creek Indians"
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