The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-03
FROM THE AURORA.
SPANISH AGGRESSIONs-No "

by France appreheud, Satisfactorily nrovas . .
the country surrounding the bay of Mobile ,,a :.
lar as the Perdido, was conprebended within &C
Id but as every addition OF information to the corr
mon ioek strengthens and invigorates it. we h,Il
throw together, without regard TO order. finch ca
DIS are furniihed by the materials which we pofIefs
In work publifhcd under the name of Meu,,;,.
vi Jon her, oil Kerfland, in North Britain Efo con-
tanning iecret negotiations, &c. and Dedicated with
Pe,mihon' to Sir Robert Walpole, We have much
a 'nrowh upon the hitory of LosiGana. Ktr was in
.a.' government agent, court fpy of Great Rr;-
'n' and engaged in various purfuits for which m a.,
1--WE ana intrepid character fitted him from hi, ~.
molrs we do not fcruple to extract more than !. nv
qn'red immediately by the preient difcufon ha.,nc
authentie account OF the early hiftory and CIR
eumitances OF country united in its f,,nrs d.a:i
with our own, muit have an intereR NJ T.
with ms work map of Louifiana, and rho 81.
boundary is the river Aeaiaebieoia or ST.
work bears date September 1896 and after
the diicoveries by Soto, Joliet, Sale Henp.n;n s.s
gives the following account of Louifiana Pap ~
During the cet1ation of arms in l7,o d.,
TRENCH king granted by letters patent, 70 his a.
'ary M Crozat (the fttei perfon in France to fnn.
Port ana execute 10 great undertakinp) tbe COL
power to trade and fettle colonies on the MiiIisn;
a,la IN all the countries 5et7cren Carolina on the ea g.
iSew TieHico on the welt, which he called Iou;C,r.
Ga1 ss iate kng Louis. This grant MIR. Croza, re-
s"ed ABOUT two years ago (this written in l7olI :;
FAVOR OF the Freneh) Wei India company. n 90
ROW tar the limits of Iouifana e,,epd.d . -:
Ponioie TO be known but the part of it which Wa
granted to Mr.. Crozat, and which is now veaed :,
the company is bounded by New Mexico. and .ha
Ia"a' Of 8e Engij6 IF Careiiua weA ard eaa al t,'e
the Ever Illinois and gulph of Mexico, nortb ~
ionth; wherein If it be meant as no doubt II ;s h
all the tracts of land actually po1efed Inv .b CT
niards oil Mexico and the Engh of Carolina. tbonoh
Claimed respectively by both, ihall be cemprebended :.
win make more than two thirds of the gufp h and rec
jefrs'fs in CarOiina, about "a degrees Of lorr;.,
or I44o miles, and from the mouth of the II,'o;
rhae OF the MiiiifpPi, $50 l6o leagues in }ra,
line. p. 81 Nias
But this is only part of Louifana, which -.
h'"g OF france (by refervation exprefed in tb.. M.
a,,y enlarge when he thinks fit the whole tx.
rent Oh that mmenie country, reaching the fonth Co.
Japan, and the Frozen ocean H. -s''
, rather fiennePin in the account dedicated r. Tim,
w mann Oh ms travels through part of it. poiit;y.
aeits that Japan is contiguous to Northern a.:
Vhe great 0'fVf1 was alto of this opnion) and thar
an eaiy Paiiage may be infalliby found out f, s'
Hama to the iouth fea through rivers thar nm ta,o
the MiiliPPi, deep enough to carry ips of bur; m
&c. p. "a. f' u ouftien'
The third unhappy circumaance that attend. 81.
french letting IN Louifiana, with reipe4 TO ms !,
their beng thereby matters of the gulph of Me-
nu om.eluently IN condition to ruin our trade TO
Jamaica" p. sc. 1e -
On ker's map, Florida is confined 20 the po,;,
flla. ~ VIC fcnia-
1t may be ueful then to refer to the Gever,I rs,.
winch relate to the American pofeflions of Sns;n
france and England, in order that we NAV ;f -
uncover what may relate to this fubjea there
The treaty of Utrecht of 1918 is the fro .b,
rates 70 American territory between Spain and c.
britain and 1t is barely provided by the stb or.;Ie
that SPAN ihould not ALLEVIATE to France any of -
iiierican territories. - 10 "a
he of
FRANCE and Spain Jays TART. viz ato remove d?sD,
WIN regard to the limits of the Britifh and EIo'
teritories' on the continent of America II ;s CT
'iA. ior the future, the confines between hi. p;.'
aely and thole of France in tina, part of the ,xaris
man DC hSed rrevocably, bya line drawn alone ,b.
l,iiuoie OF the NiIfPPi from its fource 70 ,b -;
lbervlle and from thence by line drawn iiyer
MIDDLE OF tins river, and the lakes Msurepase snd
rohtchartram to the fea; and for this u,rpoc, 10
rTmf"J KING eeae' n" W right to the Brit;l1 t;n
the river and port OF Mobile and every Hiug -l;at
fsEI on the lett Eide (eafl of Midppi, except ths
to"h OF New-orleans, and the iland in which + ~
tuated which fhal remain to France" so @" IL IL
Art Xxx. In confequence of ,be N.
rlaVannah iPuiated in the preceding art;re ~.
lcPtnhhJ KING cedes and guarantees in fnJI 81 '
ms Britannia majefty, Florida zot5 fort s, 49, e.
IN, ana the Bay OF Peniacoa, well as all tb,, S.
eait' or to the fouth ea of the river NTiGi tne
general every thing that depends on the CIJ ro ",u
and lands" &c. &c ~ 4@'d countries
Art. XIV. Great Britain fbay =. -.
three months after the exchange Of ratification. o
INTO ponelhon OF the Ti0er amt port Of Azbi 1n1
f6af !" TO orm TIE limit, 9r fr,yory of Gre,t y az
on the Eaft de of the Miippi, as ,bev
ed IN the With article" &c. ~ 'Pe'in-
Ihe convention at Pardo, of date the ,4,h H..
'oS' noticed IN former paper. Art. nroJJ,;I -
tor the appointment of comnlilioner, Z" PROVIDES
the Pretenons of the two crowns as wei, +;
10 trade ana navigation in America and Eprora
the limits OF Florida and Carolina" &c Pc d 10
Art H. During the time of diCcu(fon d. r..
OF Florida and Carolina fhall remain as nv ,lils
Preent without lncreang Notifications or t,tra. *
me preliminary articles of peace. of dat. >. r.
.anoleau, Sd November, 1862; and the de6r;,;.
treaty OF 10Th February, 1868, are expre0ed T.; ,hs
iane terms, as to the boundary fixed for the Br;,; a
French limits in Louifiana Dii'i'n Z"
The next official notice of Florida. ;s ,bo ..,-
.'aiio o the Dritiin king, OF October 176s ahi.a
and Wet Provinces Eat
The treaty Of Verfailles of the Sd Sent ZOO e
art. " His Britannia maieity like,yiCe cedss I
guarantees IN full right to his Catholic r,a;sg Po
Florida, as alto Wet Florida" '' AS"i'
From all thefe facts-from Re,, aatsr,o,,. :,
as from thole OF gov. Powna and governor Vand':,
appears that Louifiana did extend even bevorJ .u
Perdido and that the French neooc;,4 N ~ uie