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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  respect 
  and 
  esteem 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  intel- 
  

   ligent 
  inhabitants. 
  

  

  He 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  just 
  and 
  upright 
  in 
  his 
  ad- 
  

   ministration, 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  advanced, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  in 
  his 
  

   power, 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  district. 
  The 
  city 
  of 
  

   Natchez, 
  on 
  the 
  hill, 
  was 
  founded 
  by 
  him, 
  the 
  land 
  

   being 
  purchased 
  and 
  the 
  town 
  laid 
  off 
  under 
  his 
  direc- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  various 
  public 
  improvements 
  were 
  executed 
  or 
  

   commenced 
  under 
  his 
  orders. 
  

  

  He 
  survived 
  his 
  promotion 
  to 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  Governor- 
  

   General 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  time, 
  and, 
  in 
  dying 
  

   poor, 
  he 
  left 
  the 
  best 
  evidence 
  of 
  these 
  times, 
  of 
  his 
  

   honesty 
  and 
  disinterestedness. 
  

  

  In 
  Juty, 
  1797, 
  the 
  yellow 
  fever 
  prevailed 
  at 
  Natchez; 
  

   one 
  of 
  Ellicott's 
  assistants, 
  and 
  several 
  of 
  his 
  men, 
  were 
  

   carried 
  off 
  by 
  it. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  sick 
  could 
  be 
  carried, 
  

   they 
  were 
  removed 
  to 
  the 
  country, 
  about 
  seven 
  miles 
  

   east 
  of 
  Natchez. 
  Ellicott 
  accompanied 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  

   spring, 
  at 
  his 
  encampment 
  near 
  the 
  present 
  site 
  of 
  Jeffer- 
  

   son 
  College 
  at 
  Washington, 
  has 
  ever 
  since 
  gone 
  by 
  his 
  

   name. 
  Here 
  his 
  men 
  were 
  restored 
  to 
  health, 
  but 
  re- 
  

   turning 
  to 
  Natchez 
  too 
  soon, 
  he 
  was 
  himself 
  attacked 
  

   by 
  the 
  fever 
  on 
  the 
  7th 
  of 
  October. 
  

  

  In 
  November, 
  1797, 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  Colonel 
  De 
  

   Grand 
  Pre, 
  as 
  Governor 
  of 
  Natchez 
  and 
  its 
  dependencies, 
  

   was 
  announced. 
  The 
  Permanent 
  Committee 
  immedi- 
  

   ately 
  took 
  a 
  firm 
  stand, 
  and 
  resolved 
  that 
  he 
  should 
  not 
  

   be 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  governor; 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   assumption 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  by 
  him 
  would 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  

   violation 
  of 
  the 
  neutrality 
  agreed 
  upon, 
  and 
  be 
  resisted 
  

   accordingly. 
  

  

  The 
  proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  committee 
  were 
  transmitted 
  

   to 
  Governor 
  Gayoso. 
  Grand 
  Pre, 
  therefore, 
  did 
  not 
  at- 
  

  

  