Report on American expansion in the Old Southwest, May 1818.

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Report on American expansion in the Old Southwest, May 1818.

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Manuscript confidential report prepared in May 1818 for Don Alejandro Ramírez y Blanco, Spanish Intendant General. Latour draws on the letters of Luis de Onís, Spain's Minister to the United States, and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. Latour warns about the increasing American immigration in the western territories, and proposes the creation of a colony in Texas (later Champs d'Asile), and suggest possible independence for Mexico.

1 item (48 p.) ; 30 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Onís, Luis de, 1762-1827

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The Chevalier de Onis was Minister of Spain. Robert G. Harper was a major general in the War of 1812. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia to Robert Goodloe Harper, 1812 January 29 / The Chevalier de Onis. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 701491637 Spanish minister to the United States. From the description of Papers of Luis Onís, 1812. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448779 ...

Ramírez y Blanco, Alejandro, 1777-1821

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Latour, Arsène Lacarrière 1778-1837

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Latour, designer and builder of fortifications used in the Battle of New Orleans, and author of a Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana (Philadelphia, 1816). He traveled extensively in the Southwest, exploring the Red, Sabine, Arkansas, Trinidad, and Colorado River valleys. In 1816 he settled in Cuba, where he was probably a paid agent for Spain. From the description of Report on American expansion in the Old Southwest, May 1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78...