Juan de Miralles
Juan de Miralles (1713 in Petrel, Spain – April 30, 1780 in Morristown, New Jersey) was a Spanish arms dealer and Messenger at the Continental Congress.
His parents came from France. Miralles came very young to Cuba. The king Charles III of Spain sent Juan de Miralles to watch the new American administration of George Washington in the then capital of Philadelphia. Miralles met Washington at a Christmas party and brought him a letter from Diego José Navarro García de Valladares.
The help for the young state was the necessary discretion against the British Empire, equipping the party to the conflict and a declaration of war of imperial Spain to the British Empire in 1779 during the American War of Independence.
External links
- Spain and the Independence of the United States: An Intrinsic Gift
- Don Juan de Miralles y la Independencia de Los Estados Unidos
- The Americas: International Dictionary of Historic Places
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