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Filibusters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John Oliver Shaw Letter, 1853

 Item
Identifier: MC-1954-196
Scope and Contents

This is a four page letter written by Shaw to his mother from San Francisco in 1853. Some of its contents is a report on the "filibustering expedition," then seemingly successful, to capture the State of Sonora.

Dates: 1853

Williaim August Bowles Proclamation, 1799-10-31

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Identifier: MC-1954-24
Scope and Contents

A handwritten document by William A. Bowles, this is a proclamation dated October 31, 1799, expelling all Spaniards and Americans from the independent "State of Muskogee" issued from Wakina, Florida.

Dates: 1799-10-31