Cayetano Badan
Cayetano Badán (c. 1735 - c. 1800) was a Spanish politician who served as the first administrator of Correo in the territories of the Spanish Louisiana.[1] He also served in Buenos Aires where he participated in the establishment of the Correo of the Río de la Plata.[2]
Cayetano Badán | |
|---|---|
| General Administrator of the Correo of New Orleans | |
| In office 1765–1771 | |
| Monarch | Charles III of Spain |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Interventor of the Correo and Commerce of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 1771–1772 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1735 Spain |
| Died | c. 1800 Buenos Aires |
| Nationality |  |
He was appointed to the position of Administrator of the General of the Maritime Mail of Louisiana in 1765.[3] Years later he was commissioned as Inspector of the Post and Commerce of Buenos Aires. [4]
References
- Spain in the Mississippi Valley, 1765-1794: The Revolutionary period, 1765-1781. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949.
- Centro de estudios históricos ... La Plata (Rep. àrgentina). Tall. gráficos "Tomás Palumbo", 1941.
- The American Philatelist, Volumen 115. American Philatelic Association, 2001.
- Historia de las comunicaciones argentinas. Talleres Gráficos del Ministerio de Comunicaciones, 1958.
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