Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States
Document 1797Pope assures Gayoso de Lemos, the Spanish Governor of Louisiana, that British forces from Canada will not be allowed to proceed through United States territory. Pope also warns him that a Spanish presence in U.S. territory will also not be tolerated.
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Letterbook Copy
Description
Pope assures Gayoso de Lemos, the Spanish Governor of Louisiana, that British forces from Canada will not be allowed to proceed through United States territory. Pope also warns him that a Spanish presence in U.S. territory will also not be tolerated.
Date
05/02/1797
Recipient
Document number
1797050290166
Page start
15
Note
Document 14 in Report of the Secretary of War to the President, 06/30/1797.
Notable persons
Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos
Lieutenant Piercy S. Pope
Adjutant Captain Stephen Minor
Governor General
British force of Canada
Nogalles
Mr. Ellicott
enemies
commander troops of Mississippi
Catholic Majesty
Spanish
Notable locations
the Mississippi [River]
Nogals
Walnut Hills
Natchez
Nogalles
Spain