Diego de Gardoqui

Diego de Gardoqui Don Diego de Gardoqui (born November 12, 1735 in Bilbao, Calle La Ribera esquina Santa Maria, 1798 in Madrid), Spanish MP in the United States. Diego de Gardoqui, the fourth of eight children, was a financial intermediary between the Kingdom of Spain and American colonists rebelling against the British Crown. Recipient of his assistance was American diplomat John Jay, in 1779-1782 the first US-resident minister in Spain, who repeatedly met with the Spaniard. The boss of the delivery company was José de Gardoqui and his three sons, one of whom was Diego. There were 215 American soldiers in service - 30,000 muskets - 30,000 bayonets - 51 314 muskets - 300,000 pounds of gunpowder - 12,868 grenades - 30,000 uniforms and 4,000 military tents.

After the war for independence of the United States (peace was signed in 1783) Gardoqui became a Spanish MP in the United States. In the spring of 1785 he arrived in New York. In the summer of 1786, he and John Jay worked on the Spanish-American trade treaty, in return for which the Spaniards would resign from the Mississippi River. Although Jay supported the project, Congress never ratified the treaty. Gardoqui was a Spanish MP in the United States until his death in 1798.

Between 1797 and 1798 the ambassador in Turin. Bibliography

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