The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-12
.[No. IT,.

oruary, i763, the preliminary articles were
adopted, ratified and Confirmed Nv ann.
| euer treaty bearing date the ST. day of Noy-
i2oS' me Sane dag and year the hreIini,ia-
ry drheles are dated, as appears by the
: letter TO NJ. L'Ab5adie, which I will pre-.
sentry reier 10, France cedes Louisiana to
SPAN together 7cifh fhe foam AMI isiond
Of Ne7v Orleans. rhisiast mentioned tre,.
! W mas never been published, but the letter
OF 1he king of France to NJ. L'Abbadie re-
| CITES the purport as we'll as date OF il, This
,e''er pnrports to be an order signed by the
hhiS Oh france, dated at Versailles the 2Isr
A?rit. 1864, and directed to M L'Abbadie
director general and c6mmandabt for his
majesty IN Louisiana. This letter was pub
lishea at new Orleans in October, 1864. and
circulated amongst the French inhabitants
| there. ""''
II rec;tes BY a special act, done q, Fon
sainoleau, Nov. 5, 1862, of my own viii! &
mere motion having coded to my very dear
q oess beloved cousin the king of Spain. e
10 ms successors in iulI property, purely and
''mP'y and without any exceptions, the,
Sohofe country known by the name OF Loui-
Ssna. together with n. Orleans, and he
la'a"u IN which the said city is situated:
ana ny another act done AT the Escur;a,
Nov Is in the same year, his Cathol;c ma
Jesy having accepted he c. ssirn eth. aid
country OF Louisiana and the citv and Isl.
aH@ o. 1Ve7v Orleans, agreeably to the CO.
pies Oh the SAID acts, which Won will find
nereunto annexed; i write you this letter to
INFORM you. that my intention IS that IN tbe.
receipt OF these presents whether thew come.
toyour hands by the officers of his Caiho
NJ Majesty or directly BY such French yes.
seiS as may be charged with the same vm,
are 10 deliver up 70 tue governor. or ,f4icer
appon ed for that purpose by the kim of
Spain 'he SAID country and colony of Louia
StdHo, and the posts thereon depe0d,ne-.
nHeSptSe me City and Island of .Nczv or
tednS, III such state and condition as the,,
snaii De found to be IN the day of the said
ce sisn, willing that in all time o come
eney sha't belong tn his Catholic Majesty. to
DC governed and administered by ms goys
ernors and officers, and as pos>esset1 bv
INN IN iull property without any cxcef,fi.
ons." '"'eP'i"
from thus document and the treaties RED
ietTeu t., II appears that in the month ofOcA
tooet, 1864, when The zuhoIe of Louisiana,
win the island and town of NG~-Orleans,
was delivered to Spain, that Great Britain
was III the peaceable Possession of all the,
country on the east of the NJ ssissippi. That
wth respect TO Florida particularly, Great
DfiCiaa was IN possession, and no-hodv
framed at thar time. that FIor;I,a -
Tas, or es', was any part of Louis,an, -
irau oeen SO considered, under the orders
OF the French king, deliver the qyhoke oP
t'io province spain, undoubtedly FIorida
would have been delivered.
immediately after the cession of 'eee
oreat-britain took possession of all ,hs
oou-'iy on the east OF the Mississippi eve
- ohIy the towu and island of New Orr
i Ie. and In the year 1868 or 4. erected oIs
/ toflda, Pensacola, the river and Dnr1 oS
Wiooiie' &c mo W. d stiact PROV. ces ,pnde,.
rs Haiie OF east and west Florida. names
~ iCh they nave borne ever since In IzaS
al the Close OF our revolutionary war &c
am coded TO Spain. East and Yves, Flo.,
ioa' winch, from that period to the presene
us nave been held by Spain under those,
n"'hes' as separate provinces from Louis;a.
III '''e year 1900 when Spain was in
possession o. east and west Florida and .on..
isianJ, as three several and dis,;ncs ,,'-''
Ces' the famous reaty of ST. Ildefonso was
Go'oiuded' whereby spain "retrecedes to
""oe the Colony or province of Louisiana.
YIN the same extent that it now has in tb.s
"ahos or Spain, and that il had when Fr,nrs.
p"'eeSSeu 1t; and SUCH as it should be afer
.ne treaties subsequently en.ered into he.
t"eeh opaln and other states" This trea,,.
%. WISE mas NOT oeen published, but the para
J"st referred tot cited in the treaty. hit wea,,
Ile u. States and France of the 2nth ~ 49,
ioO3, whereby France cedes 10 the n Sta -
LOUISIANA As Tally and ia the same ,na,,sr
"a "a Sne acquired 1t of Spain by the treaty IS
D. lidefonso.. Spain delivered passe,sion in
tSn Suauce Oh me treaty of St. Ildetonsn To
rance, and France, in pursuance Of tts.
treaty OF 1905, delivered possession n The
Ohhed States, both powers RECEIVING ,hs
country N the West of the MLs,issioni ui,h
Tie Island and city of New Orleaps H..
opain originally received it from France. 80
the 7Vhole of Louisiana. q"
have now. believe, sir. given q full ,,a
/, "ust ialr and correct statement of -
u ..ceS ana facts relative to the question 8
we 'ew remarks viii elise what I h -
70 say on This head. The letter Crn,. -
KING OF France to L'Abbadie. i. v.ty 80;
P",taht document. 1t shews hat the tino.
OF france under whom we claim and hs,
whose admissions we are bound en- I'o, Il
aS I|oq, reated and considered the coz,
on tde west OF the Mississippi as the .nboL. q,
louisiana. That. So consider ring j. H. 80
u at ana delivered to Spa, toeefher min
INC '0'aHd and tozVn Of .Nero Orleans Gro,1,
"'1Ch iater words It may De inferred ,has
even the Island and town of Nev.flrinan.-
were then no considered part OF L.ouisia-
NJ Al 1900, when Spain cedes back tbe 80
'ony o' Louisiana to Franc tha con p, g,s
o., k"o"n on he west of the Mississinni
I"e war of Sc and h trea Of I' 65
h@u h%ed the i'm and oblitcr tie f,,syer
the name Of Louisiana OF the east NJ tbet ~
V1r. VI '''@V TIA
The treaty Of St IldeFops r. ,o