A Quaker Goes to Spain The Diplomatic Mission of Anthony Morris, 1813-1816 |
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| Author:
| Woolfley, H. L. Dufour |
| Series title: | Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61146-135-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2013 |
| Publisher: | Lehigh University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $100.00 |
Book Description:
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In the summer of 1813, as war with Britain intensified, President James Madison secretly dispatched an envoy to the Regency government of Spain with the urgent goal of thwarting a feared British bid to use Spanish Florida as a base from which to attack the United States, and with the further hope of acquiring that territory for America. The man ......
In the summer of 1813, as war with Britain intensified, President James Madison secretly dispatched an envoy to the Regency government of Spain with the urgent goal of thwarting a feared British bid to use Spanish Florida as a base from which to attack the United States, and with the further hope of acquiring that territory for America. The man ......