James Wilkinson letters to Esteban Miró, and related documents, 1788-1793.

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James Wilkinson letters to Esteban Miró, and related documents, 1788-1793.

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Seven ALS, 1788-1791, written by James Wilkinson to Esteban Miró, governor of Spanish Louisiana, regarding the influence of Spain in western United States territory, and nine related autograph manuscript documents. Wilkinson's letters concern his relations with Spanish officials, including Miró; Diego Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Spanish Minister to the United States; and Martin Navarro, Intendant of Louisiana. The letters discuss Wilkinson's involvement in Kentucky politics and his interests in Mississippi River commerce, including discussion of his views on the founding of the colony of New Madrid by George Morgan. A letter to Miró dated Sep 17, 1789, 30 leaves, is written in the form of an essay, in which Wilkinson summarizes for the Spanish government his views on relations between Spain and western United States territory. Related documents are "Extracts of letters from Don Diego de Gardoqui, October 4, 1788 & October 10, 1788," consisting of excerpts from two letters to George Moore, undated, copied in an unidentified hand; ALS from Gardoqui to Major Isaac B. Dunn, an associate of Wilkinson, Oct 7, 1788; copy of an ALS from Wilkinson to Gardoqui, Jan 1, 1789, in an unidentifed hand; copy of a letter from General Arthur St. Clair to Dunn, Dec 9, 1788, copied by Dunn, with an appended note, signed, from Dunn to Wilkinson, Jan 15, 1789; ALS from Wilkinson to Manual Gayoso, Governor of Natchez, Jul 8, 1793; two AL, written in code in unidentified hands, dated Apr 17, 1790, and undated; and two autograph manuscript documents listing code numbers with word translations. Wilkinson's letter to Gayoso and one of his letters to Miró, Nov 4, 1791, discuss his service as a United States army officer during Indian wars in the Northwest.

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Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego, 1735-1798

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Spanish diplomat. From the description of Regulation of Diego de Gardoqui, 1793. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454126 Diego Gardoqui was a Spanish administrator. He, along with John Jay, was involved with the Jay-Gardoqui Treaty of 1789, which related to Spanish navigation of the Mississippi River. From the description of Letters to the marqués de Branciforte, 1796, March 21. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 7...

St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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Born in Thurso, Scotland, 1734, o.s. ; studied medicine in Edinburgh; served in the British Army in America, 1757-1762; surveyor of Cumberland, 1770; colonel of Pennsylvania militia, 1775; brigadier general, 1777 to the close of the Revolution; commander of the Army, 1791-1792; delegate to the Constitutional Congress, 1785-1787, and president, 1787; governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802; died in Greensburg, Pa., August 31, 1818. (Bio. Cong. Dir., 1928 ed. ; Dic. Am.Biog. --gives b. date, 17...

Navarro, Martin.

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Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

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James Wilkinson was born in Maryland and served as an officer in the American Revolution. In 1783 he settled in Kentucky, where he engaged in politics, land speculation, and trade. In 1805 he was appointed governor of Upper Louisiana. Wilkinson's activities in the West implicated him in the Spanish Conspiracy and the Burr Conspiracy; he was acquitted by a court of inquiry during the Burr investigation and by a court martial in 1811. He served as a military commander in the West during the War of...

Miró, Esteban, 1744-1795

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Spanish governor of colonial Louisiana. From the description of Esteban Miró letters, 1782-1792. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 262830202 Don Esteban Miro was interim governor of Louisiana (1782-1785) and governor of Louisiana (1785-1791). From the description of Miro, Esteban, royal transmittal records, 1783-1791. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 85376560 Don Esteban Miro was Interim Governor of Louisiana (1782-17...

Morgan, George, 1743-1810

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Indian agent and land speculator. From the description of George Morgan papers, 1776-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981775 Born at Philadelphia, 1743. Junior partner of Baynton, Warton and Morgan and engaged in extensive trade on upper Mississippi after British conquest of Canada. 25 years later, ruined, he embarked on a project of founding a principality in Spanish Louisiana, opposite the mouth of the Ohio. Died 1810. MMQ (from Savelle. "George Morgan Colony Builder...

Dunn, Isaac B., fl. 1788.

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Gayoso, Manuel.

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