Instruction secrette pour le Colonel Fulton, [1796 July 21].

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Instruction secrette pour le Colonel Fulton, [1796 July 21].

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Manuscript certified copy in unidentified hand, signed by Samuel Fulton, of secret instructions from Pierre-Auguste Adet directing Fulton to go to South Carolina and Georgia to gauge sympathy and support for France and "insurgents in Florida". Fulton is directed to gather intelligence about the insurgents, about Spanish occupation of Florida and Louisiana, and about the attitude of the public in the Carolinas, Georgia and Kentucky towards the Jay Treaty and the possibility of Florida and Louisiana joining the French Republic. Fulton is also ordered to gather information from General George Rogers Clark. A certified copy of a declaration from Adet vouching for Fulton's loyalty to the French government follows, also signed by Samuel Fulton.

1 item (4 p.) ; 22 cm.

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