Nicolás María Vidal

Nicolás María Vidal (1740–1806), civil governor of Spanish Louisiana and Spanish Florida from 1799–1801.

Spanish period

Nicolás María Vidal was a high official under the authority of the Kingdom of Spain under the name of "Don Nicolás María Vidal, Chaves, Echavarri of Madrigal y Valdes." He served in Colombia, then Louisiana and Florida under Charles IV of Spain.[1] Following the death of Louisiana Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos of yellow fever on July 18, 1799, Vidal was named civil governor of Spanish Louisiana alongside Col. Francisco Bouligny, who was named military governor of the territory, under the authority of the new Acting Governor General Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta, 1st Marquess of Casa Calvo.[2] After Bouligny's death, Vidal continued to serve as lieutenant-governor under Casa Calvo until the last Spanish governor, Juan Manuel de Salcedo, arrived to oversee implementation of the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso and the return of Louisiana to France.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Martin, François-Xavier; Howe, William Wirt; Condon, John Francis (1882). The History of Louisiana, from the Earliest Period. New Orleans, Louisiana: James A. Gresham. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Martin, Fontaine (1990). A History of the Bouligny Family and Allied Families. Lafayette, Louisiana: The Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana. ISBN 0940984512.
  3. ↑ Huber, Leonard Victor (1971). New Orleans: A Pictorial History. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4556-0931-4. Retrieved 11 October 2018.


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