Passport Across The Natchez District Granted By The Spanish Governor Don Manuel Gayoso De Lemos

by Manuel Gayoso De Lemos

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Natchez District, Spanish Territory: 1797 . Single sheet, 32.5 x 20 cm. Partly printed, completed in manuscript, and signed by both Manuel Gayosos de Lemos, Spanish Military Governor of Natchez District, and by his secretary Joseph Vidal. The passport gave permission to John Orr, Edward Newcom, and William Buchanan to cross Spanish territory with a group of horses. Governor's printed coat of arms in the lower left corner of the document. Old fold lines, some short separations along one fold

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