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| Abstract : September 4, 1803. Philadelphia. Yrujo to Madison. Surprise of the King of Spain over sale of Louisiana to the U.S.; cites passage where Saint-Cyr, French ambassador to Spain, promised in the name of France not to transfer the colony; protests against the sale. 2pp. AE., États-Unis, 56:110. A.S.P., For., II.569, AE., États-Unis, sup., 8:28 (Spanish). |
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| Abstract : September 27, 1803. Philadelphia. Yrujo to Madison. Protests against transfer of Louisiana; hopes the U.S. will not ratify a treaty drawn up in bad faith; France has broken her promise to bpain. 3pp. AE., États-Unis, 56:110; 112 (Spanish). A.S.P., For., II.569. AE., États-Unis, sup., 8:29. |
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| Abstract : [November 1801 to December 1801.] Frim. X. [Saint-Domingue.] Valentin de Cullion to Gen[eral] Bonaparte. Memoir on the U.S., containing some references to Louisiana, its climate, products, etc. (Copy.) 4pp. AN., A F IV., 1212: f no.58. |
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| Abstract : [1776. Bordeaux.] Memoir by Chevalier d'Anemours [Anmours] on the English colonies in North America. Natural features, boundaries, climate of thirteen colonies and Florida; military forces; Indians; reasons for Union with France in case of separation from England. 26pp. AE., États-Unis, sup., 26:4. |
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| Abstract : September 20, 1793. Washington County, Pennsylvania. J. Savary to Genet. Expedition against Louisiana; possibility of taking New Orleans with 800 men on board twenty boats; can count on American volunteers; offers to build boats and collect provisions. 4pp. AE., États-Unis, sup., 20:89. |
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| Abstract : December 19, 1787. Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue. Vincent and [Barbé-]Marbois to the minister. Villars' report of Wilkinson's return to the U.S., and his activity in opening navigation on the Mississippi. 2pp. AC., C 9, 159:n.p. |
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| Abstract : November 25, 1777. [Rouen.] Holker's instructions respecting the attitude of the United States toward peace, Florida, etc. 3pp. AE., États-Unis, 2:266. Doniol, II.616 (ext.). |
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| Abstract : December 31, 1792. Paris. Lebrun to Bourgoing. [William] Short, American minister at The Hague, leaves for Madrid on a special mission; Mississippi navigation; Short's conduct is marked by hostility toward the French Republic, he should be watched carefully; probably he will not be authorized to talk or work against France. 2pp. AE., Esp., 634:184. |
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| Abstract : [October 17], 1780. Philadelphia. Memoir by Daniel Jenifer, delegate to Congress from Maryland, on Spain's claims to French Louisiana east of the Mississippi; advantages of the American alliance with Spain; Spain's claim to exclusive navigation of the Mississippi; its refutation; Spain's desire to sell her alliance to the United States; argument in favor of Spain. 17pp. AE., Esp., 601:143. |
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| Abstract : December 20, 1784. Letter from a settler on North Carolina's western lands: opposes the methods in purchase of Indian lands in [the] big bend of the Tennessee River. 1p. AE., États-Unis, sup., 4:70. |
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