[12] Manzanillo is on the south coast of Cuba, two hundred miles east of Trinidad, and thus on the way to Jamaica! It should be mentioned that export of provisions from Cuba to Jamaica was forbidden by Spanish regulations.
[13] Pesos fuertes, Mexican hard dollars.
[14] Elsewhere kagg, keg.
[15] A nephew of Jasper Farmer; C.F. Billopp, History of Thomas and Ann Billopp Farmer, pp. 45, 46.
[16] Now Lucea, at the northwest corner of the island.
[17] Henry Moore, lieutenant governor, was acting as governor. The preceding governor, Vice-Adm. Charles Knowles, had lately removed the seat of government from Spanish Town to Kingston.
[18] Port Royal, on the south side of Kingston harbor, was the first capital of the island; but probably Ybañez means the harbor.
[19] The document is endorsed as filed Sept. 2.
188. Libel of Felipe Ybañez. September 27, 1758.
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