Abstract

BLANCO, Milagros Belén. The installation of the postal administration in Corrientes, 1774-1811. Folia [online]. 2023, n.48, pp.151-176. ISSN 0325-8238.  http://dx.doi.org/10.30972/fhn.48487088.

During the 18th century, the Spanish crown carried out a postal reform that affected the entire empire. This action is studied by historiography from the attempts of the House of Bourbon to install an administrative monarchy to improve the control over their territories. This article recovers the case of the installation of the post office administration in Corrientes, as part of the postal race between Buenos Aires and Asunción. The objective is to explain both the administrative variant and the agency of the subjects. Royal regulations and ordinances, well as Government documents available in the General Archive of the Province of Corrientes were analyzed in order to develop this article.

Keywords : Post; Currents; Postal career; 18th century.

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