Treatise on Florida and Louisiana [manuscript], 1810.

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Treatise on Florida and Louisiana [manuscript], 1810.

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Rodney considers three questions: does the U.S. have a well-founded claim to West Florida; are the people of West Florida justified in declaring themselves independent; and would the U.S. be justified in defending West Florida or in adding it to the Union? To answer the first affirmatively he traces the history of the territory from the Spanish explorations to the Louisiana purchase. To answer the second he discusses Vattel's Law of Nations, and finally concludes that since the Spanish empire no longer exists the U.S. can render whatever aid is solicited by any former Spanish colony.

15 p. (on 8 leaves)

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811

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Member of the Continental Congress, judge for the Mississippi Territory. From the description of Treatise on Florida and Louisiana [manuscript], 1810. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647840343 From the description of Treatise on Florida and Louisiana, 1810. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31448217 Soldier and jurist. From the description of Letter, 1798, Mar. 26 : Dover, Delaware. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 3529780...

Vattel, Emer ˜deœ 1714-1767

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