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− | Colonel Don '''José María Callava''' was the final governor of [[Spanish West Florida]], serving from February [[1819]] to the time of Spain's transfer of the territory to the United States in July [[1821]]. Callava was an officer in the Spanish military who had been rapidly promoted due to his service in the [[Wikipedia:Peninsular War|Peninsular War]] — the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Almonacid|Battle of Almonacid]] in particular, for which he was knighted into the Military Order of | + | Colonel Don '''José María Callava''' was the final governor of [[Spanish West Florida]], serving from February [[1819]] to the time of Spain's transfer of the territory to the United States in July [[1821]]. Callava was an officer in the Spanish military who had been rapidly promoted due to his service in the [[Wikipedia:Peninsular War|Peninsular War]] — the [[Wikipedia: Battle of Almonacid| Battle of Almonacid]] in particular, for which he was knighted into the Military Order of St. Hermenegildo in 1811.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalsketch00camprich/historicalsketch00camprich_djvu.txt Historical sketches of colonial Florida]</ref> He became a colonel and governor before the age of 40.<ref>Parton, James. (1861). ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=bGYFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=toc#PPA615,M1 Life of Andrew Jackson]''. Mason Brothers. p. 615.</ref> |
James Parton's ''Life of Andrew Jackson'' describes Callava: | James Parton's ''Life of Andrew Jackson'' describes Callava: |