I The West Florida Controversy 

 of 1798-1813 



A Study in American Diplomacy 



By ISAAC JOSLIN COX 



Associate Professor of History, University of Cincinnati 



710 Pages. 12mo. $3.00. 



This volume has recently been published in the series of the Albert 

 Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History. It is based on lectures de- 

 livered in the Johns Hopkins University in 1912, and later revised 

 for publication. The subject involves one of the most intricate prob- 

 lems in American history, and Professor Cox has spared no pains 

 in searching for new sources of information. He has not only 

 availed himself of the collections in Washington and of the 

 material in the Department of Archives and History at Jackson, 

 Mississippi, but he has personally searched the Archives at Seville 

 and Madrid. 



The volume deals with the secret intrigues of statesmen and 

 diplomats in the capitals of America and Europe on the one hand, 

 and with the aggressive, irresponsible movements of impatient 

 frontiersmen on the other. Professor Cox thinks that the sturdy 

 pioneers of the Southwest outstripped the diplomats, and that 

 their deeds were the decisive factors in the settlement of the long 

 and bitter controversy that was waged over West Florida. 



THE JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS 



BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 



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