Cayetano Badan

Cayetano Badán (c. 1735 - c. 1800) was a Spanish politician who served as the first administrator of Correo in the territories of the Spanish Louisiana.[1] He also served in Buenos Aires where he participated in the establishment of the Correo of the Río de la Plata.[2]

Cayetano Badán
General Administrator of the Correo of New Orleans
In office
1765–1771
MonarchCharles III of Spain
Succeeded by?
Interventor of the Correo and Commerce of Buenos Aires
In office
1771–1772
Personal details
Bornc. 1735
Spain
Diedc. 1800
Buenos Aires
Nationality Spanish

He was appointed to the position of Administrator of the General of the Maritime Mail of Louisiana in 1765.[3] Years later he was commissioned as Inspector of the Post and Commerce of Buenos Aires. [4]

References

  1. Spain in the Mississippi Valley, 1765-1794: The Revolutionary period, 1765-1781. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949. 1949.
  2. Centro de estudios históricos ... La Plata (Rep. àrgentina). Tall. gráficos "Tomás Palumbo", 1941. 1941.
  3. The American Philatelist, Volumen 115. American Philatelic Association, 2001. January 2001.
  4. Historia de las comunicaciones argentinas. Talleres Gráficos del Ministerio de Comunicaciones, 1958. 1958.
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