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