Spanish politician and diplomat. - Served as a financial intermediary during the Revolutionary War, helping bring funds and arms from Spain to America. Became Spain’s first ambassador to the United States. In 1789 David Forman negotiated with Diego de Gardoqui to obtain land in the Natchez District along the lower Mississippi in his brother Ezekiel Forman's name. David hoped to find a profitable means of employing some of his numerous slaves.
Diego de Gardoqui
1735 - 1798
Envoy Of The King Of Spain To
The U.S.A. Presented By His Majesty
Don Juan Carlos I, King Of Spain.
To The City Of Philadelphia
In Commemoration Of The
Bicentennial Era Of The
United States.
Spanish politician and diplomat. - Served as a financial intermediary during the Revolutionary War, helping bring funds and arms from Spain to America. Became Spain’s first ambassador to the United States. In 1789 David Forman negotiated with Diego de Gardoqui to obtain land in the Natchez District along the lower Mississippi in his brother Ezekiel Forman's name. David hoped to find a profitable means of employing some of his numerous slaves.
Diego de Gardoqui
1735 - 1798
Envoy Of The King Of Spain To
The U.S.A. Presented By His Majesty
Don Juan Carlos I, King Of Spain.
To The City Of Philadelphia
In Commemoration Of The
Bicentennial Era Of The
United States.
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