The Occupation of Havana by Schneider Elena A.;

Author:Schneider, Elena A.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
Published: 2018-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

FIGURE 18 Havana Toasting Glass. A toasting glass adorned with a palm tree to commemorate the day of Havana’s capitulation, August 12, which was declared a very good day to toast. © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

In British North America, the reaction was especially enthusiastic despite the tremendous loss of life sustained by provincial volunteers. The news was met with joyous celebration and religious sermons inspiring great expectations and providential interpretations about what Havana’s capture, at long last, portended. Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia rued the tremendous costs of the campaign but also noted that it was “indeed a Conquest of great Importance.” In the southernmost of the thirteen colonies, the capture of western Cuba meant release from the thrall of Havana’s privateers and the threat of Spanish attack. Governor Arthur Dobbs of North Carolina, addressing the colony’s upper house, declared the victory “a Manifestation of Divine Providence in favour of the Protestant Apostolick Religion and the cause of Liberty.”12

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