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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Correspondence of Governor George W. Campbell-original letters. (search)
od that the explanations alluded to, relate to two points. The King of Spain had lately made some grants to favorites for immense tracts of land in Florida. As to the treaty, the United States were to pay to their citizens five millions of dollars for Spanish spoilations out of the proceeds of the sales of land in that province; it was insisted on their part that those grants should be annulled. The principle was agreed to, and by one of the articles, all grants subsequent to the----January, 1818, were declared null, under a common understanding that this date embraced all such grants. Subsequent to the ratification of the treaty and prior to Mr. Forsyth's departure from the United States, it was reported that the largest grant, to Duke d'alazon, was dated two months earlier, and Mr. Forsyth was instructed, in exchanging the ratifications, to put in a declaration that it was the understanding of both parties that that grant should be considered as null. He was bearer of two let