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Frenchman, considered a troublemaker by the Spanish, dies in prison
On this day in 1756, Joseph Blancpain, a French trader whose activities in
Texas heightened bad feeling between France and Spain in the middle of the
eighteenth century, died in prison in Mexico City. Blancpain had been
arrested in 1754 by Spanish army lieutenant Marcos Ruiz for unauthorized
trading with Indians, to whom he was evidently furnishing firearms. The
Spanish authorities believed him to be an agent for the French government.
As a result of Blancpain's activities the king of Spain ordered that any
Frenchman found in Spanish territory would be imprisoned.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- BLANCPAIN, JOSEPH
- RUIZ, MARCOS
- SPANISH TEXAS
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