Editing Pedro de Alba

'''Pedro de Alba''' (anglicized '''Peter Alba''') was a citizen of [[Third Spanish period|Spanish Pensacola]] who remained in the city following its [[Transfer of Florida|transfer to the United States]]. He became president of the [[Pensacola Board of Aldermen]] in [[1822]] and served as [[Mayor of Pensacola|the city's mayor]] in [[1824]].

Born in [[1762]] in [[Wikipedia:Vélez-Málaga|Vélez-Málaga]], de Alba immigrated to Pensacola in the early 1780s, not long after it was [[Siege of Pensacola|captured from the British]], and began work at the Pensacola hospital as an orderly.

He was married on [[August 10]], [[1784]] to [[Isabel Adelaide de Rastel de Rocheblave]].

In [[1786]] de Alba was named majordomo in charge of admissions at the hospital.

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