Incarceration of Bowles in New Orleans

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Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Description

McGillivray [M'Gillivray] describes for James Seagrove the capture by the Spanish of William Bowles and Bowles' subsequent incarceration in New Orleans.

Date

04/08/1792

Recipient

Sent from

Little Tallassee

Collection

Document number

1792040890000

Note

Extract enclosed in Seagrove to Knox, 04/21/1792. Cited in Seagrove to McGillivray, 05/21/1792.

Notable persons

James Seagrove
Alexander McGillivray
Mr. Bryant
Jamy Randall
[William] Bowles
Spaniards
Panton
Captain Forrest
Spanish guard
prisoner
Governor Baron Carondelet
Akins
Bowles' partisans
violent fellows
vagabonds
Englishmen
Americans
Mr. Langley Bryant
Secretary of War

Notable locations

Little Tallassee [Tallahassee]
New Orleans
Havanna
Rock Landing

Notable items

Dispatch by Mr. Bryant
exceedingly high waters
mild weather
rheumatism
horse
rivers
Panton's ship
invitation to dine on board
armed vessel
Akins return
British cause in the late war
outrages
Secretary's dispatch