Home > Death of Commodore Barron... "West Florida" to be a separate state...
Click image to enlarge 700951
Show image list »

Death of Commodore Barron... "West Florida" to be a separate state...



Item # 700951

November 09, 1810

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 9, 1810

* Samuel Barron death
* United States Navy
* West Florida secession ?


 Page 3 has a black-bordered report of the death of Commodore Samuel Barron. Then a report: "West Florida" concerning a convention at Baton Rouge, relating to governmental items which includes; "A Proclamation" beginning: "The several districts of West Florida having been declared a free and independent state...".
Four pages, light damp staining, good condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War