UNVEILING MEMORIES

Between late 1781 and 1782, a further 2 million pesos were given to the French, from funds raised through the "Donativo Universal", a collection organized by Viceroy Martín de Mayorga in New Spain (today Mexico, Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica). This exceptional Hispanic contribution included money given by Indians, Mestizos, Creoles and Europeans in order to ensure the defeat of Britain and the independence of the United States... New Orleans provided several shipments of material and money, which in fact came from Cuba and Mexico. In 1778, for example, Captain James Willing collected "a large quantity of blue, red and white cloth, 6 crates of quinine, 8 boxes of various medicines, 10,000 kg of gunpowder in 100 kegs and 300 rifles with bayonets". In 1778 and 1779, uniforms and other supplies were also sent to George Rogers Clark's troops operating north of the Mississippi River, Illinois... The project Desvelando memorias [Unveiling Memories] seeks to reappraise • this..