. The Westward Movement; the colonies and the Republic west of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798; with full cartographical illustrations from contemporary sources. own had writtento his Kentucky friends that Spain would not give up the Mis-sissippi as long as Kentucky was a part of the United States,and there is small doubt of Browns serious is little question that Gardoqui. in some way, broughtsimilar importunate claims to Henry Innes and George Nicho-las, two other influential Kentuckians. The extent to whichthese three friends went at Gardoquis bidding shows them at THE WILKINS
. The Westward Movement; the colonies and the Republic west of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798; with full cartographical illustrations from contemporary sources. own had writtento his Kentucky friends that Spain would not give up the Mis-sissippi as long as Kentucky was a part of the United States,and there is small doubt of Browns serious is little question that Gardoqui. in some way, broughtsimilar importunate claims to Henry Innes and George Nicho-las, two other influential Kentuckians. The extent to whichthese three friends went at Gardoquis bidding shows them at THE WILKINSON FACTION. 363 least to have been indiscreet, while it is just as certain that theconduct of Wilkinson and Judge Sebastian, in the way in whichsuch advances were met by them, proved themselves unmistak-able traitors. Sebastian made a bold acknowledgment in theend. Wilkinson sneakiugly sought ever after to cover his , on July 29, the Kentucky convention met, Wilkinsonmade a show of causing Browns suspicions of Congress to bedisclosed; but he did not think it prudent to reveal Brownsaccount of Gardocpifs insinuating promises. A considerable. NEW MADRID.[From Collots Atlas.] part of the convention, irritated by the procrastination of Con-gress, was ready to follow Wilkinson and Sebastian in declaringfor the immediate independence of Kentucky, but the majoritywas against it. The conservative stability of the Scotch-Irishdid much to produce the result, though the efforts of the east-ern merchants to close the Mississippi, and the avowed purposeto seat the new government in New York, instead of furthersouth, brought contrary influences to bear. The Wilkinson faction finally succeeded in getting anotherconvention ordered for November, but before it met there weretwo new phases of the complex political condition rapidly de-veloping, and they need consideration. Xote. — The map on the two following pages is from a Map of the Northern and MiddleStates in Jedediah Morses Ame
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