SEQUOYAH / 78 / 79 / LIBROS / / Carlos López Dzur / 2 Premio en UCI, Irvine / Proyecto de Pueblo para Puerto Rico / Kool Tour Activa / Codice / Blog personal / Blog / Carlos López Dzur / Blog Negro / Carlos Lopez en PR / La Naranja de OC / Revista Sequoyah VirtualOn the 1st of August 1777, two continental navy ships entered the Mayaguez port in the western region of Puerto Rico.
By Adolfo Pérez-Comas, MD, PhD, FACE
American ships protected from the British in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, August 1, 1777
Local authorities and citizens conceded them protection from persecution by the Glasgow HMS war frigate, who tried to seize them and afterwards confronted local authorities.
The Endawock scooner and the Henry yacht carried weapons bought in Curazao.
Upon arrival in a rush to Mayagüez, both ships raised Spanish flags granted to the them by port authorizes and the Teniente a Guerra Faustino Martínez de Matos, political leader of the city, who consulted the Captain General of the island in San Juan.
The Captain General, and Governor, Colonel José Dufresne, ordered the the Glasgow war frigate to abandon the port immediately to avoid then a great international confrontation.
The Glasgow prudently abandoned port, and days later the continental navy vessels finally brought the weapons to the Continental Army headed by General George Washington.
One year before, on 5 November 1776, King Charles III of Spain, had authorized that ships from the emerging nation of north America, should be admited and receive help if needed, in spanish ports in the Americas.
Our relative Faustino Martínez de Matos, as well as the citizens of Mayaguez, and of Puerto Rico, made a great contribution, at that time, for the building of the new nation, the United States of America.
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