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tling themselves on the west side of the Mississippi 

 River which is granted & they act accordingly, you 

 plainly see you are quite free from their incursions 

 I will give the Passport you asked for your son- 

 in-law, & I will be highly pleased with his coming 

 down to setle in this Province & much more if you, 

 & your family should come along with him, since I 

 can assure you that you will find here your welfare, 

 without being either molested on religious matters 

 or paying any duty & under the circumstances of 

 finding allwais market for your crops which makes 

 every one of the planters settled at Natchez or else 

 where to improve every day, much more so than if 

 they were to purchase the Lands, as they are granted 

 gratis 



I wish to be usefull to you being with regard sir 



Your most obt. hi. servant 

 (Dupte.) ESTEVAN MIRO. 



Colonel JAMES ROBERTSON, Esqr. 



The duplicity of the Spaniards is well illustrated 

 by the fact that the Gardoqui MSS. give clear proof 

 that they were assisting the Creeks with arms and 

 ammunition at the very time Miro was writing these 

 letters. See the Gardoqui MSS., passim, especially 

 Miro's letter of June 28, 1786. 



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