Information Regarding Diplomatic Situation Surrounding Enforcement of Treaty of Madrid (U.S.-Spanish Florida Border)
Document 1797James McHenry expresses hope that Isaac Guion has distributed annual presents to the Chickasaws; notes that Spanish officers have obstructed enforcement of the treaty in the U.S.-Spanish Florida border region, but opines that they have been doing so out of fear of a British invasion down the Mississippi. Reiterates that the President and Secretary of War have issued orders to Guion and Wilkinson aimed only at executing the treaty. Directs Guion to leave a small detachment at Chickasaw Bluffs, if necessary, to prevent the Spanish from re-occupying it; registers alarm that citizens of the region have armed themselves and declared independence from Spain, though Spain's jurisdiction over them theoretically ceased some time before.
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