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155 1795

  "The avaricious Georgians are not contented with grasping at the country of the Indians; many of them look on Florida already as their lawful property; and think that by a war, they would easily gratify this ambition of theirs;  as the southern states are much more populous than this province.  It is to be considered how little Spain can be interested in this small tract of country, how many disputes it may occasion, and what a natural boundary the Gulf of Mexico would form for the United States.  It cannot but be wished that Spain, with a sort of political magnanimity, may give up this country, which is not an advantageous possession to her, and which in all probability she may not be able to retain." Rochefoucault's Travls, Vol 2. p:   4   60 to 469.

   "xxxWhen it "[East Florida] belonged to England, several rice plantations were established on a large scale & with success.  There are also plantations of cotten which are very productive." xxxxx "Most of the planters left East Florida after the peace of 1783, when it was ceded by England to Spain." xxxx "The Lemencluka Indians, a small tribe of Creeks, have a village of about one hundred houses in Tuscavilla on Polycreek.  They have some smaller ones on the sea-coast, on the other side of East Florida." - "Although these provinces"